The evaluation, selection, and implementation of fuel and powertrain technology choices are critically important to accomplishing the mission of providing safe, efficient, reliable, environmentally-conscious, and cost-effective public transportation. Vehicle procurement decisions evolve to be a difficult compromise between economic, environmental, and operability requirements. West Virginia University conducted a research program to provide the transit industry with resources to assist transit agency managers to evaluate a low-emissions, fuel-efficient option in vehicle procurement and planning activities to encourage the design, production, and use of environmentally-friendly transit buses. This report summarizes technical assistance provided to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Larsen Pennsylvania Transportation Institute to establish an emissions testing program as part of the Altoona Bus Testing Center. The report also summarizes the development of a searchable database of transit bus emissions data, a transit fleet emissions model, and a transit vehicle live cycle cost model.
Volatile fuel prices and the need to reduce carbon emissions have caused many U.S. transit agencies to invest in vehicles that use alternative fuels. ...
Ferry electrification is a growing domestic and global trend, driven by an interest in reducing operational and maintenance costs, and mitigating emis...
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