SCHEDULING OF TRANSIT BUS MAINTENANCE

The study of current practice in bus maintenance has revealed that preventive maintenance schedules are initially based upon past experience, and are reviewed and adjusted according to the feedback regarding the cost of maintenance and the reliability of performance of a bus fleet. Maintenance management would normally institute changes in the maintenance periods and in the procedures followed, in an attempt to shift the system towards a better balance between the cost of maintenance and the reliability of service. The method proposed in this research takes a formal approach towards the determination of bus maintenance schedules. A cost function which takes into account the sum of the cost of periodical preventive maintenance and the cost of failures and unscheduled repairs has been developed. A computer method is used to derive the least-cost maintenance schedule, and an example is given to demonstrate the use of the method.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Bakr, M M
  • Kretschmer, S L
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 173-181
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Information processing; Maintenance management; Preventive maintenance; Scheduling
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152721
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1981 12:00AM