Controlling transit-bus emissions and improving management
The 8 papers in the report deal with the following areas: Introduction to diesel particulate emissions, alternative fuels, and the transit industry; Technical problems and policy issues associated with the 1991 bus emissions standards; Reducing transit bus emissions: comparative costs and benefits of methanol, particulate traps, and fuel modification; Effects of applying emissions averaging, trading, and banking to transit buses; Strategic review of heavy-duty engine emission regulations and alternate fuels; Meeting bus emissions standards--a perspective; Economic evaluation of bus maintenance contracting; Objectives for a transit-bus-fleet management data, information, and knowledge exchange.
- Research Organization:
- National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA). Transportation Research Board
- OSTI ID:
- 6057292
- Report Number(s):
- PB-89-139497/XAB; TRB/TRR-1164
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
ALCOHOL FUELS
BUSES
DIESEL ENGINES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENGINEERING
ENGINES
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MAINTENANCE
METHANOL FUELS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
SYNTHETIC FUELS
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
VEHICLES
WASTES