The paper details the effect of road improvements on the fuel consumption of two single deck buses in the Amaotana region of Durban. It provides two regression models for estimating fuel consumption on gravel and asphalt roads. The variables included in each model are distance, time, number of passengers and number of stops. The report deals only with fuel consumption; vehicle operating costs are not discussed. Fuel consumption can be estimated by the models if the need arises to predict the benefit of surfacing and upgrading a gravel road. It is concluded from the case study on a road in rolling terrain that bus fuel consumption may be reduced by 20 to 30 percent as a result of surfacing a gravel road, with the normal accompanying improvement in geometrics.


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    Title :

    Effects of Road Improvements on Fuel Consumption of Buses: Case Study


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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