BUILDING BETTER BUSES

Newer technologies are driving sweeping changes in the ways buses are made. This 12-page report, featuring new and more efficient designs from key manufacturers, examines how the bus industry is putting these changes on the road. There are some other technologies that look promising for better buses in the future, but for space reasons, the coverage has been limited to the four chief design trends: low floor, electric, hybrid, and alternative-fuel buses. Intended as an overview and not a complete listing of current manufacturing and design activity, fourteen representative bus manufacturers were contacted for this report.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1794668
• Corporate Authors:

  PTN Publishing Company

  445 Broad Hollow Road
  Melville, NY  United States  11747
• Publication Date: 1996-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 39-62
• Serial:
  • Mass Transit
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Cygnus Publishing, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0364-3484
  • Serial URL: http://www.masstransitmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Analysis; Automotive engineering; Buses; Design; Electric buses; Hybrid vehicles; Low floor vehicles; Motor vehicle industry; Technology assessment; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus design
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00716403
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1996 12:00AM