An evaluation of energy conservation measures utilized by public transit systems : a case study in Texas

Details

• Creators:
  Seaborn, Shirley J.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Southern University. Center for Transportation Training and Research ; Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transit vehicle operations
  • Energy consumption
  • Energy conservation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/95/60023-2
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404658
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00712872
• OCLC Number:
  33213395
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Southern University. Center for Transportation Training and Research
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Energy and Environment
• Description:
  The primary focus of this study was to emphasize transit system energy characteristics by examining the vehicle characteristics, right-of-way charactertistics and the operational aspects of the services. The objectives
  
  of this study were to become familiar with types of energy expended by local
  
  transit systems, understand the characteristics and side effects of the energy
  
  types, become familiar with vehicle and right-of-way charcteristics, analyze the
  
  operational aspects to the systems, and develop an energy consumption model to
  
  determine the variance in energy consumption. The project has several phases
  
  which, to some extent, may be performed concurrently including planning,
  
  instrument development and calibration, and data base development. The project
  
  also includes the creation of energy consumption models that can be used to
  
  predict the energy needs and consumption levels of transit systems. Independent
  
  variables were identified from other studies on energy consumption/conservation
  
  and selected urban transportation agencies were surveyed.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13323/dot_13323_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.89 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f5764843dc235009eee6fb869a89324965b5f1fdc78e1f66a25efe2abbc2d66a