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Contracting Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service (2018)

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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Contracting Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25102.
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68 ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APC Automatic passenger counter AVL Automatic vehicle location BAFO Best and final offer BRT Bus rapid transit CFR Code of Federal Regulations DBE Disadvantaged business enterprise FTE Full-time equivalent GAO Government Accountability Office GCT Gwinnett County Transit GM General manager ICE Independent cost estimate IGE Independent government estimate KPIs Key performance indicators LD Liquidated damages MATBUS Metropolitan Area Transit MDBF Mean distance between failures MIS Management information system MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization MS Microsoft MTI Mineta Transportation Institute NCTD North County Transit District NPBC Negotiated performance-based contracting NTD National Transit Database O&M Operations and maintenance OTP On-time performance PBC Performance-based contracting P3 Public–private partnership PM Preventive maintenance PRTC Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission RFI Request for information RFP Request for proposals RFQ Request for qualifications RTD Regional Transportation District SES Socioeconomic status SOW Scope of work SPLP Simplified performance linked payment TOPS Transit Cooperative Research Program Oversight and Project Selection TRID Transportation Research Information Database UK United Kingdom Acronyms and Abbreviations

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 136: Contracting Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service documents the state of the practice in contracting bus services. Today many transit agencies contract out their fixed-route bus transit services; however, there is not enough research that focuses on the procurement and oversight process of these contracts. This synthesis will assist transit agencies in their decision-making process as they consider contracting fixed-route transit services instead of directly operating the service. The report is accompanied by Appendix G, which is available online only.

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