Bus Maintenance Improvement
TRB Special Report 198: Bus Maintenance Improvement contains proceedings of the Bus Maintenance Improvement Workshop held April 14-16, 1982 in St. Louis. The workshop was to exchange information on current transit industry practices related to bus maintenance, to define industry needs, and to generate suggestions for research, development and technical assistance programs in the maintenance areas.
Five topics focused the discussion of maintenance needs: Management's role; management tools for improving maintenance; human resources; facility and equipment needs; vehicle design, testing and maintenance support services. Each of the topics was addressed by issue and resource papers. Subsequently the five working groups discussed the state of the art in their areas and ranked suggestions for development and technical assistance. While the working groups had distinct topics, many of the problems identified and discussed crossed the boundaries of the individual working groups.
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