A Guidebook for Developing and Sharing Transit Bus Maintenance Practices

A Guidebook for Developing and Sharing Transit Bus Maintenance Practices

Author: John J. Schiavone

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 0309088429

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This report should be of interest to transit bus maintenance managers and others interested in the development of written transit bus maintenance procedures, or "practices," and the sharing of these practices with others in the transit industry. The report provides guidance on how to develop effective transit bus maintenance practices tailored to one's local operating environment. It provides seven sample practices developed using the guidance. Complementing this report is an on-line Web Board sponsored by the Transportation Research Board's Committee on Transit Fleet Maintenance. This Web Board allows transit agencies to post their maintenance practices for others to review, revise as necessary for their own operating conditions, and use. The report provides instructions on how to access the Web Board, use it to develop maintenance practices, and share these practices among transit agencies.


Best Management Practices for Environmental Issues Related to Highway and Street Maintenance

Best Management Practices for Environmental Issues Related to Highway and Street Maintenance

Author: William Albert Hyman

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780309068505

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This synthesis report will be of interest to state, local, and federal agency environmental and maintenance administrators, directors, supervisors, engineers, and scientists. It describes current best management practices (BMPs) for environmental issues related to road and street maintenance. The synthesis documents relevant background and recent information with regard to management practices that can help protect, preserve, or enhance the environment while at the same time allow road maintenance organizations to carry out their fundamental mission of maintenance and repair in a cost-effective manner. Information for the synthesis was collected by surveying U.S. and Canadian state and local transportation agencies and by conducting a literature search using domestic sources. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes BMPs consisting of broad management approaches applicable to the entire maintenance program or to more than one program area. In addition, BMPs for specific maintenance activities or groups of maintenance activities are included. Finally, BMPs concerning specific environmental issues are discussed.


Indicators of the Environmental Impacts of Transportation

Indicators of the Environmental Impacts of Transportation

Author: Mark Corrales

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2000-09

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0756702062

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Presents quantitative nat. est. of the magnitude of transport's. impacts on the environ. It is the most comprehensive compilation of environmental and transport. data to date. Addresses all primary modes of transport. (highway, rail, aviation, and maritime transport) and all environ'l. media (air, water, and land resources), and covers the full "life-cycle" of transport., from construction of infrastructure and mfg. of vehicles to disposal of vehicles and parts. The impacts of transport. extend beyond the air quality impacts of vehicle travel. Presents a framework for developing various types of indicators and for categorizing transport. activities that affect the environ. Illustrated.


A Bibliographic Guide to North American Industry

A Bibliographic Guide to North American Industry

Author: Dale A. Stirling

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2009-03-26

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0810867028

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With a view toward the heritage of North American Industry, A Bibliographic Guide to North American Industry: History, Health, and Hazardous Waste provides recommended readings in historical and contemporary literature related to the origins of specific industries, the health and safety issues they face, and how they manage waste and prevent pollution. It encompasses three areas of industry that are critical to understanding the whole of industry: historical development, protection of worker health, and management of associated hazardous substances and materials. This publication serves the reference needs of researchers examining issues of historical development of industry, worker exposure to hazardous substances and materials, and historic and contemporary management of hazardous wastes. The book is unique in using the North American Industrial Classification System as a framework for organizing bibliographic entries. Attorneys, historians, economists, and all others interested in historical and contemporary issues facing North American industry find here a useful and important resource.


Transit Bus Service Line and Cleaning Functions

Transit Bus Service Line and Cleaning Functions

Author: John J. Schiavone

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780309058575

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Provides a variety of approaches to transit bus service line and cleaning functions so transit agencies can evaluate the effectiveness of their own operations.