UTA Paratransit Vehicle Accessory Electrification Project: Eparc System Deployment and Validation Study

Details

• Creators:
  Boothe, Edward M. ; Hedges, Alexis
• Corporate Creators:
  Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) Georgia
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Paratransit vehicles
  • Idle time
  • Passenger comfort
  • Engine efficiency
  • Paratransit
  • idle reduction
  • accessory electrification
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0171
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1518343
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Research Report, July 2015–December 2019
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) partnered with the University of Texas Center for Electromechanics (UT-CEM), Utah Transit Authority (UTA), Mobile Climate Control, and Transworld Associates to develop a system that will electrify the auxiliary loadsof a paratransit vehicle to improve efficiency and passenger comfort by eliminating engine idling during passenger pickups. The project team is responsible for system design, demonstration, and reporting of results. The project received funding as part of the FTA Bus Efficiency Enhancements Research and Demonstration Projects.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/50722/dot_50722_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.23 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3bb517a8a209b70cc6d5e7ace3d7cbbef44f2b1353c9a84b7c41d992361b7749