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Installation of Existing Lift Systems for the Handicapped on Light Rail Vehicles
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1985-05-01
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Abstract:This report documents the results of a three-phase program to install an existing transit bus wheelchair lift system on a Boeing Light Rail Vehicle (LRV). Program activities included a review of lift requirements, evaluation of existing lift systems, analysis of the operational and structural implications of integrating existing or modified bus lift systems into current LRVs, the organization of a technical liaison committee, the selection of an existing lift system for integration into an existing LRV, and the installation of the lift in a test vehicle for operational demonstration. It was concluded that the best lift system for demonstration was the Transilift installed at the forward door. A complete lift assembly was installed on a San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) LRV, which was then subjected to a 4 month non-revenue service test on all 5 of MUNI's light rail lines. A total of 134 field tests were conducted using over 60 different locations with and without volunteer wheelchair users. The lift performed reliably in operational tests including areas of the MUNI system where grades are in excess of 1:12, and on highly crowned streets.
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