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Transit Bus Maintenance Management

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

Publisher : Transportation Research Board National Research

Page : 80 pages

File Size : 27,93 MB

Release : 1986

Category : Transportation

ISBN :

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Research needs in transit bus maintenance / Stephen J. Andrle -- Transit bus maintenance in New York State : issues and analysis / Joseph F. Zimmerman -- Management of transit bus prerun inspections / John Duffy, James F. Foerster, Santiago Puente -- Application of a transit maintenance management evaluation procedure / Bruce E. Pake, Michael J. Demetsky, Lester A. Hoel -- Analysis of bus transit's maintenance efficiency using Section 15 data / Athanassios K. Bladikas, Charles Papadimitriou -- Climatic effects on bus durability / Sandra L. Arlinghaus, John D. Nystuen -- Exploring the multiple factor concept for bus maintenance using simulation / George List, Mysore Satish, Mark Lowen -- Effectiveness of improved repair scheduling in the performance of bus transit maintenance / Utpal Dutta, T.H. Haze, Allen R. Cook.





Closing the Knowledge Gap for Transit Maintenance Employees

Author : David Finegold

Publisher : Transportation Research Board

Page : 68 pages

File Size : 39,47 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Local transit

ISBN : 9780309062541

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This report presents guidelines on evaluating and implementing strategies to improve the skills of the transit industry's maintenance workforce in order to keep pace with evolving technology. The report is intended to help maintenance departments develop highly skilled, high-performance work organizations. Research was undertaken by Rand Corporation to assess technological demands, document current practices, and examine and propose new approaches to link maintenance-staffing practices with evolving technology to improve effectiveness. The areas addressed in the research included the range of programs currently in place, differences and similarities in current practice, analysis of major pitfalls and keys to success, an examination of vendor roles and responsibilities in training, and the effect of labor relations and work rules.



Transit Bus Service Line and Cleaning Functions

Author : John J. Schiavone

Publisher : Transportation Research Board

Page : 60 pages

File Size : 44,67 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 9780309058575

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Provides a variety of approaches to transit bus service line and cleaning functions so transit agencies can evaluate the effectiveness of their own operations.





Maintenance Productivity Practices

Author : Frank W. Venezia

Publisher : Transportation Research Board

Page : 104 pages

File Size : 16,80 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Bus lines

ISBN : 0309070139

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This synthesis will be of interest to transit agency staff responsible for vehicle maintenance and planning at their agencies. Staff can use this report to learn from the experiences of other agencies, as well as to compare their experiences with those of other agencies. It documents and summarizes transit agency experiences, using various maintenance productivity improvements and programming. The report summarizes the experiences of agencies that vary in size, union affiliation, and operating conditions. It provides descriptions of successful programs and creative modifications to existing programs.