Assessing the costs for hybrid versus regular transit buses : [technical brief].

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• Creators:
  Hallmark, Shauna L. ; Wang, Bo ; Qiu, Yu ; Sperry, Bob
• Corporate Creators:
  Iowa State University. Center for Transportation Research and Education
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transit buses
  • Hybrid vehicles
  • Fuel consumption
  • Exhaust gases
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Local transit
  • Hybrid electric vehicles--Fuel consumption
  • Automobiles--Motors--Exhaust gas
  • Cost effectiveness
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Iowa
• Corporate Publisher:
  Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation
• Abstract:
  This technical brief summarizes ; information about the costs and benefits ; that have been attributed to use of ; hybrid transit buses as found in the ; literature. Results from a demonstration ; project that compared fuel economy ; and emissions for 12 hybrid buses and 7 ; control buses for the transit agency for ; Ames, Iowa and Iowa State University, ; CyRide, were also included. Costs and benefits include initial ; purchase cost differentials, savings ; in fuel, reduced emissions, potential ; reduced maintenance due to decreased ; engine and brake wear, and replacement ; costs for the hybrid battery pack. All ; costs are listed in US dollars (USD).
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25585/dot_25585_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1008.96 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dcaf5763ac904b22f5b8eb69f158e2dcc97f0b57bb12e61dd795326df8e4975d7269d5fcf982567643c2457dfe7c915073a3fb27e648416cce27cc296dddef3b