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Maintenance Staffing Levels for Light Rail Transit (2005)

Chapter: Appendix D - Light Rail Transit Maintenance Staff Information for Three Other Systems

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D - Light Rail Transit Maintenance Staff Information for Three Other Systems." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2005. Maintenance Staffing Levels for Light Rail Transit. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13547.
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41 APPENDIX D Light Rail Transit Maintenance Staff Information for Three Other Systems Buffalo, Dallas, and Philadelphia LRT Systems Ad m in ist ra tio n Tr ac k an d W ay sid e Tr ac tio n Po w er a nd O ve rh ea d Ca te na ry Si gn al s an d Co m m un . St at io ns M ai nt . F ac ilit y(i es ) Fa re E qu ip m en t Buffalo Management 4 25 4 1 2 1 0 Labor 0 4 13 20 5 Clerical 0 5 0 0 0 0 Dallas (bus, LRT, and facilities maint. is combined; allocation to LRT is estimated) Management 17.14 3.4 8.52 5.57 14.72 8.12 3.18 2.88 Labor 0 30 34 38 25 4 17 Clerical 2 98 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 Philadelphia (staffing breakout is estimated) Management 80 60 20 8 16 10 10 10 Labor 0 120 40 40 80 40 50 Clerical 8 675 10 3 2 2 2 3 1 Staff Productivity Indicators Ad m in ist ra tiv e St af f p er T ra ck -M ile (T -M ) Tr ac k an d W ay sid e M ai nt en an ce St af f p er T -M Tr ac tio n Po w er a nd O ve rh ea d Ca te na ry M ai nt en an ce S ta ff pe r T- M Si gn al s an d Co m m un ica tio n M ai nt en an ce S ta ff pe r T -M St at io n M ai nt en an ce S ta ff pe r St at io n Fa ci lit y M ai nt en an ce S ta ff pe r M ai nt en an ce F ac ilit y Fa re E qu ip m en t M ai nt en an ce S ta ff pe r T VM Buffalo 1.26 1.07 0.32 0.40 1.21 1.69 0.12 Dallas 1.37 1.21 0.03 0.38 0.39 0.52 0.95 7.18 0.17 Philadelphia 6.57 5.35 0.35 0.82 0.28 0.33 3.75 16.67 N/A 1.56 Number of FTEs Maintenance of Way Ve hi cl e M ai nt en an ce S ta ff pe r V eh icl e in M ax im um S er vic e Ve hi cl e M ai nt en an ce S ta ff pe r F le et Ve hi cle Maintenance of Way 1 24 0 LRT System/ Employee Type Re ve nu e Ve hi cle M ai nt en an ce

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 61: Maintenance Staffing Levels for Light Rail Transit examines light rail maintenance staffing practices and factors important in their development at U.S. transit agencies. It covers the areas of maintenance functions, new light rail start-up, and management in attempting to give better insight into the variables affecting maintenance staffing.

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