Low-floor Transit BusesThis report of the Transportation Research Board describes, primarily, findings from four transit agencies with standard size, low-floor transit buses in service with respect to passengers, maintenance, operations, drivers, and planning and administration. Additionally, it presents some general insights from transit agencies operating smaller low-floor transit vehicles, and, in particular, describes concerns relative to road clearance, winter operations, operations in high water, and impacts on operating practices. It contains technical specifications from U.S., Canadian, and European manufacturers for all these buses. |
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SUMMARY | 1 |
CHAPTER THREE STATE OF EXISTING PRACTICE AND ISSUES | 15 |
REFERENCES | 29 |
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AATA Ann Arbor Transportation Arbor Transportation Authority BC Transit boarding and alighting boarding/alighting bus design Bus Industries bus manufacturers bus stops buses in Europe C-U MTD Calgary Transit Canada Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit conventional bus COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM Department of Transportation door safety drivers Engineering Entrance height experience Expo 93 farebox Federal Transit Administration fleet FLOOR BUS floor buses Flxible Flyer Industries four agencies four transit agencies Germany Gillig guided bus heavy-duty Industries of America interior steps issues Kitchener Transit kneeled LACMTA low-floor bus technology low-floor buses low-floor models low-floor transit buses maintenance Mass Transit District National Academy Neoplan Neoplan USA number of seats Orion II buses passenger seats percent platform questionnaire ramp Regional Transit System RIDERSHIP road clearance problems Seating arrangement seniors standard-size synthesis tire Transit Authority Transportation ex officio Transportation Research Board U.S. Department Victoria Regional Transit VRTS wheelchair passengers wheelhousings winter operations