The report documents a program to demonstrate the stability and anti-jackknifing capabilities of a low-floor articulated bus to the transit industry. This demonstration intended to show that a high passenger capacity Transbus configuration could be developed embodying the low-floor concept by incorporating anti-jackknifing capabilities in the design and thus, maintain coach stability. For the demonstration program a prototype coach built by the firm of Hamburg-Consult of the Federal Republic of West Germany was demonstrated and evaluated at five sites in the U.S. Data on performance, reactions of drivers, maintenance and management personnel, and on public relations (news media) were collected. The demonstration showed that the low-floor concept, seen in the prototype, is an improvement over current articulated vehicle designs. The low floor allows faster and easier boarding, thus increasing productivity, and offering an advantage to elderly and handicapped persons.


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    Title :

    Low-floor articulated bus demonstration


    Additional title:

    Praktische Erprobung eines Gelenkbuses mit niederer Einsteighoehe


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    45 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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