FTA Standards Development Program: Crashworthiness/Crash Energy Management Follow-up for Less than 30 Ft Bus

Details

• Creators:
  Staes, Lisa ; Godfrey, Jodi
• Corporate Creators:
  University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Buses
  • Case studies
  • Crashworthiness
  • Paratransit vehicles
  • Standards
  • Transit buses
  • crash energy management
  • safety standards
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0141
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1518354
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Revision/Update
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• Description:
  The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) directed this comprehensive study that includes background research and analysis on needs and gaps for voluntary standards or recommended practices for crashworthiness and crash energy management (CEM) for less than 30-ft paratransit body-on-chassis buses (cutaways). It includes case study evaluations for four states—Florida, California, New York, and Pennsylvania—and a supplemental examination of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation reports and recommendations associated with similar vehicles. Findings are presented related to voluntary standards, guidelines, or recommended practices related to crashworthiness, crash energy management, data needs, and future research.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55690/dot_55690_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.14 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:11488806efe9b7302e60e8ae59eb9df29af67da80305859c9a943390c14d067f