System-Specific Spare Bus Ratios Update (2014) / Chapter Skim
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38 size grouping, four of eight medium fleets and six of six large fleets had three or more different sub-fleets. • According to the weighted scores provided by the survey respondents, two factors appear to have the greatest impact on the number of spare buses that are required to support an agency's services and maintenance requirements: the age/mileage of the fleet (with a weighted score of 112)
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39 sub-fleet(s) of vehicles that support each service type, with appropriate specialized vehicle and accessory requirements.
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40 • It is important to conduct the highest level of preventive and "preemptive" maintenance feasible, proactively maintaining buses to a high standard. For example, maintaining air system driers year-round to make sure the systems stay dry for the winter can prevent freeze ups; maintaining auxiliary fuel heaters year-round ensures heating systems work when the temperatures drop; and more intensively focusing on springtime radiator washing can avoid buses overheating in the summer.
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41 • Creative procurement practices to enable longer-term purchasing under a single "umbrella" contract, enabling greater uniformity of buses and major components over an extended period • A review of all the implications that the wave of "baby boomer" retirements may have on skilled maintenance staffing, spare bus fleet needs, and resulting spare ratios; and solutions to address these implications • International experience and best practices in bus fleet operations and maintenance management, with a special focus on optimizing fleet size and controlling costs. Appendix C contains a proposed research problem statement for submittal to the TCRP program for potential funding as a project, encompassing some of the suggestions cited previously.
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