Guidebook for evaluating fuel choices for post-2010 transit bus procurements.

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Science Applications International Corporation
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Abstract

TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 146: Guidebook for evaluating fuel choices for post-2010 transit bus procurements is designed to help those considering the deployment of, or conversion to, alternative fuel buses. The guidebook and life-cycle emissions model spreadsheet (FuelCost2) are intended to aide individuals who, while being quite knowledgeable about the transit industry, may not be familiar with alternative fuels and implementation issues. The guidebook and FuelCost2 provide tools to simplify the process of developing an alternative fuel strategy by clearly identifying the issues, and the costs and benefits associated with the conversion to various available alternative fuel technologies. FuelCost2 life-cycle costs and life-cycle emissions spreadsheet is available for download in a Microsoft Excel format at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_146FuelCost2.xls. Appendix C of TCRP Report 146 is the user’s guide for the tool. The spreadsheet includes additional instruction for using FuelCost2. This report updates, expands on, and replaces TCRP Report 38: Guidebook for Evaluating, Selecting, and Implementing Fuel Choices for Transit Bus Operations. (Author/publisher) This report is available online at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_146.pdf

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20111327 ST [electronic version only]
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Washington, D.C., National Research Council NRC, Transportation Research Board TRB / National Academy Press, 2011, [234] p., ref.; Transit Cooperative Research Program TCRP Report 146, Project C-19 - ISSN 1073-4872 / ISBN 978-0-309-21325-7

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