Tracking Costs of Alternatively Fueled Buses in Florida

Details

• Creators:
  Reich, Stephen L. ; Kolpakov, Alexander
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Transit Research (U.S.) ; University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Florida. Dept. of Transportation. Research Center ; United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Buses
  • Fuels
  • Alternate fuels
  • Costs
  • Diesel fuels
  • Hybrid vehicles
  • Fuel cell vehicles
  • Hydrogen fuels
  • Fixed routes
  • Travel demand
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  BDK85 977-18
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida ; United States
• OCLC Number:
  778716479
• Edition:
  Final report; 12/22/09-12/31/11.
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
• Abstract:
  The goal of the current project is to establish a recording and reporting mechanism for collecting field data on the performance and costs of alternatively fueled public transit vehicles operating in Florida in order to assist policy makers with their decisions regarding maintenance resources and future vehicle acquisitions. In addition, this project aims to establish cost estimating guidance for the modification of transit maintenance facilities to make them suitable for servicing alternatively fueled buses. Over the course of this project repeated data requests were sent to 21 fixed-route transit agencies and 12 paratransit operators. Despite the challenges in data collection and low response rate, enough data was collected to represent 70 percent of the Florida fixed route fleet and perform valid analysis of costs. No meaningful cost data was available for demand response vehicles, limiting the extent of the analysis of the paratransit fleet.
• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/43000/43600/43633/77927-final-report.pdf
• Funding:
  DTRT07-G-0059
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23792/dot_23792_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 700.38 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7552165e1212a980414b098001f54e99f482ef3c965d735b43e6ce55386a2b3ebec7c79af47372929b8219ec28f602d2e00c38e64936eb7b857559f7ced56bb2