Best Operational and Maintenance Practices for City Bus Fleets to Maximize Fuel Economy

In most large cities in developing countries, buses continue to be the public transport option of choice, carrying a large share of urban travelers. However, transit bus companies in these countries are often cash-strapped. In many cases, the opera...

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Main Author:	Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCELERATION ACCELERATOR PEDAL AIR AIR CLEANER AIR CONDITIONER AIR FILTERS AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AUTO MANUFACTURERS AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION AXLES BLACK SMOKE BRAKES BUS AVAILABILITY BUS COMPANIES BUS COMPANY BUS COSTS BUS DATA BUS DEPOTS BUS DRIVERS BUS FARES BUS FLEET BUS OPERATING BUS OPERATING COMPANIES BUS OPERATING COSTS BUS OPERATIONS BUS OPERATOR BUS PASSENGER BUS REPLACEMENT BUS ROUTE BUS SERVICES BUS SYSTEMS BUS TRANSIT BUS TRANSPORT BUS TRANSPORTATION BUS TRAVEL BUS TYPE BUSES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAR CARBON MONOXIDE CARS CERTIFICATION LEVELS CITY BUS CITY TRANSIT CLEAN DIESEL CLIMATE CHANGE CLOGGING CLUTCH COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS CONGESTION CORROSION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CYCLING DAILY TRAVEL DIESEL DIESEL BUS DIESEL SOOT DRIVER BEHAVIOR DRIVER EDUCATION DRIVER TRAINING DRIVING DRIVING CONDITIONS DRIVING STYLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM EMISSION EMISSION CERTIFICATION EMISSION STANDARDS EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENGINE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS EXHAUST EMISSIONS EXHAUST PIPE EXHAUST SYSTEM EXPENDITURES ON FUEL FILTERS FIXED COSTS FLEET MANAGEMENT FLEET OPERATORS FLEET SIZE FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COST FUEL ECONOMY FUEL ECONOMY IMPROVEMENT FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL EFFICIENCY DATA FUEL INJECTION FUEL SAVINGS FUEL USE FUEL-EFFICIENT DRIVING FUELS GARAGES GAS PRESSURE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES HYDROCARBONS INJECTION NOZZLE INJECTION PUMP INJECTION TIMING INSPECTION MILEAGE MOBILITY NATURAL GAS BUSES NOISE ODOMETER PARTICULATE MATTER PASSENGER CAPACITY PERIODIC MAINTENANCE POLLUTION PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE VEHICLE PRIVATE VEHICLE OWNERSHIP PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAPID BUS RIDER ROAD ROAD SAFETY ROAD TRANSPORT ROADWAYS ROUTE SAFE DRIVING SHARING SMOKE OPACITY SPARK PLUGS SPEEDS STRUCTURES SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT TEMPERATURE TIRES TRAIN DRIVERS TRANSIT TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TRANSIT AGENCY TRANSIT AUTHORITIES TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT BUS TRANSIT OPERATIONS TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES TRANSPORT RESEARCH TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION FARES TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH TRIPS TRUE URBAN BUS URBAN BUS TRANSIT URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSIT URBAN TRANSPORTATION URBAN TRAVELERS URBANIZATION VEHICLE EMISSIONS VEHICLE FLEETS VEHICLE MODEL VEHICLES VIBRATION WALKING WHEELS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/212101468153295444/Best-operational-and-maintenance-practices-for-city-bus-fleets-to-maximize-fuel-economy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26529