Asset management strategy to meet long-term transit fleet needs of state departments of transportation

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1887, 2004, Pages 45-54

  Khasnabis, Snehamay ^a   Bartus, Joseph ^b   Ellis, Richard Darin ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b Michigan Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUSES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TAXATION; URBAN PLANNING; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

ASSET MANAGEMENT; DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT); FLEET MANAGEMENT; MINIMUM NORMAL SERVICE LIFE (MNSL);

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 15544368507     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1887-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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