U.S. Transit Properties Bus Maintenance Reporting Systems: Task A report

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center1980PDFTech ReportDynamics Research CorporationTransportation Systems CenterDynamics Research CorporationUnited StatesBus transit operationsBus transitVehicle maintenanceDatabasesData banksBus TRIPR-344UDTRS-57-80-C-00007Final reportThis report describes Task A of the contract to "Develop the Groundwork and Prepare the Backup Information Necessarv for the Establishment of a Bus TRIP Data Bank", {hereafter referred to as Bus TRIP). The purpose of Task A, the initial stage of the Bus TRIP program, was to appraise and evaluate the incident and maintenance reporting systems used by bus transit systems in the U.S.A. The results, conclusions, and recommendations of this task will be used to define and develop the Bus TRIP data bank. This task was conducted by the Dynamics Research Corporation ( DRC) under Contract Number DTRS-57-80-C-00007 from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Transportation Systems Center (TSC). The Bus TRIP contract was awarded in December, 197g.95