Transit Bus Mirror Configuration Pilot Project, Final Report

Details

• Creators:
  Krum, Andrew ; Tidwell, Scott ; Patel, Yogesh ; Soccolich, Susan ; Golusky, Mark ; Skole, Joshua ; Hayes, Paul
• Corporate Creators:
  New York City Transit Authority ; Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Demand responsive transportation
  • Evaluation
  • Lessons learned
  • Paratransit services
  • Ridesourcing
  • Public transit
  • Transit buses
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0219
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1520705
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  The New York City Transit Authority performed this safety, research, and development/demonstration project supported by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, New Flyer of America, Safe Fleet Mirrors, and Recaro North America. This research sought to meet the Federal Transit Administration's goal to advance the development of standards and safer designs to reduce the number of collisions and fatalities and mitigate the severity of transit-bus-related injuries. This was accomplished by collecting and analyzing data on transit bus mirror configurations and incidents, researching bus operator visibility, developing a mirror design guide, and demonstrating an optimized transit bus mirror in pilot test and field evaluations.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62634/dot_62634_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.59 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:47866b5117f9deee3a293393c13850d3a8c8e2ded1f77e7ed320c2ea9d78d103607b90c8029f9944b653645de53d49bb35592246ab98a42e7fc1848186d5c388