Transit Bus Publications
The Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) provides the following transit bus publications, reports, and newsletters for your information. The documents were pulled from the AFDC database and reflect results from a "transit bus" search. You can also use the AFDC's main publications database search to refine your query or search for publications related to different fuels or vehicle technologies.
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Select Transit Bus Publications:
- List of AVTA Heavy-Duty Hybrid Vehicle Projects, July 2006 (MS Excel 164 KB)
- Results from DOE/NREL Transit Bus Evaluations, December 2006 (PDF 740 KB)
- Transit Bus Niche Market Cost Model, 2003 (MS Excel 247 KB) and Instructions (PDF 311 KB)
Complete database results follow. Select the document ID number to view the publication or obtain more information.
| ID Number | Title | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10191 | Clean Cities Now Vol. 12, No. 3 | - | 01-JUL-08 | NEWSLETTER |
| 10190 | St. Louis Metro Biodiesel (B20) Transit Bus Evaluation, 12-Month Final Report | Barnitt, R.; McCormick, R.; Lammert, M. | 01-JUL-08 | REPORT |
| 10189 | Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) Fuel Cell Transit Buses: Third Evaluation Report Appendices | Chandler, K.; Eudy, L. | 01-JUL-08 | REPORT |
| 10188 | Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) Fuel Cell Transit Buses: Third Evaluation Report | Chandler, K.; Eudy, L. | 01-JUL-08 | REPORT |
| 10181 | SunLine Transit Agency Hydrogen-Powered Transit Buses: Third Evaluation Report | Chandler, K.; Eudy, L. | 01-JUN-08 | REPORT |
| 10182 | SunLine Transit Agency Hydrogen-Powered Transit Buses: Third Evaluation Report--Appendices | Chandler, K.; Eudy, L. | 01-JUN-08 | REPORT |
| 10183 | SunLine Begins Extended Testing of Hybrid Fuel Cell Bus | - | 01-JUN-08 | FACT SHEET |
| 10138 | Clean Cities Now Vol. 12, No. 2 | - | 01-MAY-08 | NEWSLETTER |
| 10064 | BAE/Orion Hybrid Electric Buses at New York City Transit | Barnitt, R. | 01-JAN-08 | REPORT |
| 10071 | Clean Cities Now Vol. 12, No. 1 | - | 01-JAN-08 | NEWSLETTER |
| 8777 | Transit Bus Niche Market Toolkit | - | 25-SEP-07 | WEB PAGE |
| 10197 | Fuel Cell Buses in U.S. Transit Fleets: Summary of Experiences and Current Status | Eudy, L.; Chandler, K.; Gikakis, C. | 01-SEP-07 | REPORT |
| 9961 | Characterization of Fine Particle and Gaseous Emissions During School Bus Idling | Kinsey, J.; Williams, D.; Dong, Y.; Logan, R. | 08-JUN-07 | JOURNAL ARTICLE |
| 9800 | SunLine Transit Agency Hydrogen-Powered Transit Buses: Preliminary Evaluation Results | Chandler, K.; Eudy, L. | 01-FEB-07 | REPORT |
| 9929 | Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit)Fuel Cell Transit Buses: Preliminary Results | Chandler, K.; Eudy, L. | 01-FEB-07 | REPORT |
| 9862 | Hybrid Buses Costs and Benefits | Ranganathan, S. | 01-JAN-07 | FACT SHEET |
| 9772 | King County Metro Transit Hybrid Articulated Buses Final Evaluation Results | Chandler, K.; Walkowicz, K. | 01-DEC-06 | REPORT |
| 9889 | Technology Roadmap for the 21st Century Truck Program A Government-Industry Research Partnership | - | 01-DEC-06 | REPORT |
| 9758 | New York City Transit (NYCT) Hybrid (125 Order) and CNG Transit Buses: Final Evaluation Results | Barnitt, R., Chandler, K. | 01-NOV-06 | REPORT |
| 9771 | Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and San Mateo County Transit District Fuel Cell Transit Buses: Evaluation Results | Chandler, K.; Eudy, L. | 01-NOV-06 | REPORT |
| 9894 | 100,000 Mile Evaluation of Transit Buses Operated on Biodiesel Blends (B20) | Proc, K.; Barnitt, R.; Hayes, R.; Ratcliff, M.; McCormick, R.; Ha, L.; Fang, H. | 01-OCT-06 | CONFERENCE PAPER |
| 9729 | King County Metro Transit: Allison Hybrid Electric Transit Bus Laboratory Testing | Hayes, R.R.; Williams, A.; Ireland, J.; Walkowicz, K. | 01-SEP-06 | REPORT |
| 9661 | Case Study: Ebus Hybrid Electric Buses and Trolleys | Barnitt, R. | 01-JUL-06 | REPORT |
| 9630 | AC Transit Demos Three Prototype Fuel Cell Buses | - | 01-MAY-06 | FACT SHEET |
| 9631 | SunLine Expands Horizons with Fuel Cell Bus Demo | - | 01-MAY-06 | FACT SHEET |
| 9575 | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: Compressed Natural Gas Transit Bus Evaluation | K.Chandler; E.Eberts; M.Melendez | 01-APR-06 | REPORT |
| 9590 | King County Metro Transit Hybrid Articulated Buses: Interim Evaluation Results | Chandler, K., Walkowicz, K. | 01-APR-06 | REPORT |
| 9553 | Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and San Mateo County Transit District Fuel Cell Transit Buses: Preliminary Evaluation Results | Chandler, K.; Eudy, L. | 01-MAR-06 | REPORT |
| 9499 | New York City Transit Hybrid and CNG Transit Buses: Interim Evaluation Results | Chandler, K.;Eberts, E.;Eudy, L. | 02-JAN-06 | REPORT |
| 9945 | FAA Inherently Low Emission Airport Vehicle Pilot Program | - | 01-JAN-06 | REPORT |
| 9522 | Emission Testing of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Natural Gas and Diesel Transit Buses | Melendez, M.; Taylor, J.; Zuboy, J.; Wayne, W.S.; Smith, D. | 01-DEC-05 | REPORT |
| 9900 | Development and Demonstration of Hydrogen and Compressed Natural Gas (H/CNG) Blend Transit Buses | Del Toro, A.; Frailey, M.; Lynch, F.; Munshi, S.; Wayne, S. | 01-NOV-05 | REPORT |
| 10055 | Demonstration and Evaluation of Hybrid Diesel-Electric Transit Buses | - | 25-OCT-05 | REPORT |
| 9372 | RTD Biodiesel (B20) Transit Bus Evaluation: Interim Review Summary | - | 01-AUG-05 | REPORT |
| 9235 | Comparative Costs of 2010 Heavy-Duty Diesel and Natural Gas Technologies: Final Report | - | 01-JUL-05 | REPORT |
| 9892 | Early Results from DOE/NREL Transit Bus Evaluations | Eudy, L.; Chandler, K. | 17-MAY-05 | PRESENTATION |
| 9103 | Natural Gas Transit Users Group: Assisting Transit Agencies with Natural Gas Bus Technologies | - | 01-APR-05 | FACT SHEET |
| 9109 | Knoxville Area Transit: Propane Hybrid Electric Trolleys | - | 01-APR-05 | FACT SHEET |
| 9536 | School Buses and Children's Health | Ranganathan, S. | 01-JAN-05 | FACT SHEET |
| 8543 | Clean Cities School Bus Toolkit Web Page | - | 02-JUL-04 | WEB PAGE |
| 8811 | Airport Shuttle Outreach Toolkit CD | - | 01-JUN-04 | DISK SOFTWARE |
| 8813 | Airport Shuttle Outreach Toolkit Web Page | - | 01-JUN-04 | WEB PAGE |
| 7993 | Challenges and Experiences with Electric Propulsion Transit Buses in the United States | - | 01-NOV-03 | REPORT |
| 8020 | Fuel Cell Transit Buses:ThunderPower Bus Evaluation at SunLine Transit Agency | - | 01-NOV-03 | REPORT |
| 8141 | Fact Sheet on Clean Buses: Protecting Public Health, the Environment, and Providing Greater Energy Security | - | 01-MAY-03 | FACT SHEET |
| 6867 | Alternative Fuel School Buses Earn High Marks | - | 01-NOV-02 | FACT SHEET |
| 7484 | Safe School Bus Clean Fuel Efficiency Demonstration Program: Final Status Report Phase 4 | - | 01-OCT-02 | REPORT |
| 6663 | NREL's ReFUEL Laboratory | - | 01-AUG-02 | FACT SHEET |
| 6591 | Hybrid Electric Transit Buses: New York City Transit (NYCT) Diesel Hybrid Electric Buses: Final Results | - | 01-JUL-02 | REPORT |
| 6383 | NYCT Diesel Hybrid Electric Transit Buses: Final Data Report | - | 01-APR-02 | REPORT |
| 6415 | Transit Users Group Supports Transit Agencies with Natural Gas Buses | - | 01-APR-02 | FACT SHEET |
| 6325 | Tempe, Arizona's Transportation Planning and Transit Division: Advanced Tech Tervice: LNG Turbine Hybrid Electric Buses | Proc, K. | 19-MAR-02 | FACT SHEET |
| 6327 | Alternative Fuels in Public Transit: A Match Made on the Road | - | 01-MAR-02 | FACT SHEET |
| 9901 | Fuel Cells for the Transportation Industry: Developing a Credible Demonstration Program on the Path to Commercialization | Levin, J.; Miller, M.; Eudy, L. | 01-MAR-02 | CONFERENCE PAPER |
| 6254 | Pollution Report Card: Grading America's School Bus Fleets | Monahan, P. | 01-FEB-02 | REPORT |
| 6283 | Children's Exposure to Diesel Exhaust on School Buses | Wargo, J. Ph.D. | 01-FEB-02 | REPORT |
| 6285 | Natural Gas in Transit Fleets: A Review of the Transit Experience | Eudy, L. | 01-FEB-02 | REPORT |
| 6369 | NYCT Diesel Hybrid Electric Buses: Program Status Update | Walkowicz, K. | 01-DEC-01 | REPORT |
| 9156 | Breathing Clean: Considering the Switch to Natural Gas Buses | Kojima, M. | 01-OCT-01 | REPORT |
| 5848 | Making the Grade: Alternative Fuel School Buses | Thomason, L. | 01-AUG-01 | BROCHURE |
| 5342 | Natural Gas Vehicle Transit Bus Fleets: The Current International Experience | Watt, G. | 01-MAY-01 | REPORT |
| 5565 | Expanding the Use of Alternative Fuel Vehicles at Airports: A Report to the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities Program | - | 01-MAY-01 | REPORT |
| 5926 | Natural Gas School Buses: Driving Our Kids to a Cleaner Tomorrow | - | 01-MAR-01 | FACT SHEET |
| 5197 | Airport-based Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fleets | - | 01-FEB-01 | FACT SHEET |
| 5164 | No Breathing In The Aisles: Diesel Exhaust Inside School Buses | Solomon, G.;Campbell, T.;Feuer, G.;Masters, J.;Samkian, A. Paul, K. | 01-JAN-01 | REPORT |
| 5032 | Diesel Buses, Oil Prices and Premature Deaths from Particulate Matter: Understanding the Connections, Exploring Solutions | - | 11-DEC-00 | REPORT |
| 4959 | Rolling Smokestacks: Cleaning up America's Trucks and Buses | Mark,J.;Morey,C. | 01-OCT-00 | REPORT |
| 5985 | SuperShuttle CNG Fleet Evaluation: Final Report | Eudy, L. | 01-OCT-00 | REPORT |
| 5132 | Alternative Fuel Transit Buses DART's LNG Bus Fleet: Final Results | - | 01-OCT-00 | REPORT |
| 5065 | CNG School Buses: Alternative Fuel Vehicles Provided by National Park Service to Transport Schoolchildren | - | 01-JUL-00 | FACT SHEET |
| 4756 | Alternative Fuel Transit Buses DART's LNG Bus Fleet: Start-Up Experience | Hubbell, M.;Rogers, R;Spencer, D.;Norton, P.;Chandler, K.;Taylor, S.;Ruble, J;Moats, D.;Laux, G, | 01-JUN-00 | REPORT |
| 4972 | Alternative Fuel Transit Buses DART's LNG Bus Fleet: Final Data Report | - | 01-JUN-00 | REPORT |
| 5067 | Electric Trams: Alternative Fuel Vehicles At Cape Cod National Seashore | - | 01-JUN-00 | FACT SHEET |
| 4790 | Emissions from Buses with DDC 6V92 Engines Using Synthetic Diesel Fuel | Norton, P.;Vertin, K.;Clark, N.;Lyons, D.;Gautam, M.;Goguen, S.;Eberhardt, J. | 06-MAY-00 | REPORT |
| 5068 | Electric Tram: An Alternative Fuel Vehicle at Cumberland Island National Seashore | - | 01-MAY-00 | FACT SHEET |
| 5069 | Electric Tram: An Alternative Fuel Vehicle at Gateway National Recreation Area | - | 01-MAY-00 | FACT SHEET |
| 4655 | Development of a Direct Injected Natural Gas Engine System for Heavy-duty Vehicles. Final Report Phase I | Cox, FB;Del Vecchio,WJ;Hays, WJ;Hiltner, JD;Nagaraj, R;Emmer, | 01-FEB-00 | REPORT |
| 4352 | Development of a Direct Injected Natural Gas Engine System for Heavy-duty Vehicles. Final Report Phase II | Cox, FB;Del Vecchio,WJ;Hays, WJ;Hiltner, JD;Nagaraj, R;Emmer, C | 01-FEB-00 | REPORT |
| 4546 | Hybrid-Electric Drive Heavy-Duty Vehicle Testing Project. Final Emissions Report | - | 01-FEB-00 | REPORT |
| 5066 | The Electric Bus: An Alternative Fuel Vehicle in the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park | - | 01-FEB-00 | FACT SHEET |
| 4348 | Demonstration of Caterpillar C-10 Dual-Fuel Engines in MCI 102DL3 Commuter Buses | - | 01-JAN-00 | REPORT |
| 4829 | Bus Futures: New Technologies for Cleaner Cities | Cannon, J.; Sun, C. | 01-JAN-00 | REPORT |
| 4961 | Mass Transit: Use of Alternative Fuels in Transit Buses. Report to Congressional Committees | - | 14-DEC-99 | REPORT |
| 5792 | Clean and Efficient Transportation for the 21st Century | - | 01-DEC-99 | FACT SHEET |
| 6641 | Failing the Grade: How Diesel Buses Threaten Our Children's Health | - | 01-NOV-99 | REPORT |
| 4801 | Chassis Dynamometer Emission Measurements from Trucks and Buses using Dual-Fuel Natural Gas Engines | Norton, P.;Frailey, M.;Clark, N.;Lyons, D.;Gautam, M.;Addy, J.;Beck, N. | 25-OCT-99 | REPORT |
| 4795 | Diesel and CNG Transit Bus Emissions Characterization by Two Chassis Dynamometer Laboratories: Results and Issues | Clark, N.;Gautam, M.;Rapp, B.;Lyons, D.;Graboski,M.;McCormick, R.;Alleman, T.;Norton, P. | 03-MAY-99 | REPORT |
| 3755 | Development of an Ultra-Safe, Ultra-Low Emissions Natural Gas-Fueled School Bus: Final Report | Kubesh, J. | 01-MAR-98 | REPORT |
| 3680 | Alternative Fuel Buses Earn High Marks from Antelope Valley Schools - Case Study | - | 01-JAN-98 | REPORT |
| 3686 | The Pierce Transit Story Case Study | - | 01-JAN-98 | REPORT |
| 3638 | Electric Buses Energize Downtown Chattanooga - Case Study | - | 01-AUG-97 | REPORT |
| 3631 | Sun Metro - 6.2 Million Miles on Natural Gas (Case Study) | - | 01-MAY-97 | REPORT |
| 3624 | Clean Air Program: Design Guidelines for Bus Transit Systems Using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as an Alternative Fuel | Raj, P.;Hathaway, W.;Kangas, R. | 01-MAR-97 | REPORT |
| 3352 | AFDC Update: News of the Alternative Fuels Data Center (Vol. 5, Iss. 3) | - | 01-DEC-96 | NEWSLETTER |
| 3626 | Clean Air Program: Design Guidelines for Bus Transit Systems Using Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as an Alternative Fuel | Raj, P.;Hathaway, W.;Kangas, R. | 01-SEP-96 | REPORT |
| 3625 | Clean Air Program: Design Guidelines for Bus Transit Systems Using Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as an Alternative Fuel | Raj, P.;Hathaway, W.;Kangas, R. | 01-JUN-96 | REPORT |
| 2834 | Development of an Ultra-Safe, Ultra-Low Emissions Natural Gas-Fueled School Bus - Phase I; Systems Design Final Report | Kubesh, J. | 01-MAY-95 | REPORT |
| 179 | Fuel Cell Bus | - | 01-APR-94 | BROCHURE |
Number of Documents: 98