TRANSIT FLEET MAINTENANCE

The transit fleet maintenance community is positioned to make some significant advances in the new millennium. Changes in technology offer much potential for supporting both traditional management activities and some equipment capabilities that have recently become available. However, benefits will be realized only after successfully navigating some significant challenges. The tendency is to view the technology itself as a key challenge, but how fleet maintenance managers align their organizations in adapting to technology will probably determine the extent of any advances. One key conclusion of a recent study was that the success of a maintenance organization would depend on its ability to adapt to change. This paper discusses challenges to the fleet maintenance community, which include narrowing longstanding information gaps, managing maintenance costs, adapting the organization to changes in technology, and modifying preventive maintenance programs.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/millennium/00117.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper is available on the CD-ROM, Transportation in the New Millennium: State of the Art and Future Directions, Perspectives from Transportation Research Board Standing Committees. It is also available on the TRB Website. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  A3B05: Committee on Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation
  Washington, DC  United States  20418
• Authors:
  • Abrams, E
  • Hide, H
  • Ho, L
  • McKnight, C
  • O'Sullivan, J
  • Price, J
  • SCHIAVONE, J
  • Stark, S
  • Venezia, F
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 7 p.
• Serial:
  • Transportation in the New Millennium
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost control; Costs; Fleet management; Information management; Life cycle costing; Maintenance; Maintenance equipment; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Preventive maintenance; Psychological adaptation; Public transit; Technological innovations; Technology; Vehicle maintenance
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783785
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 24 2000 12:00AM