Category: Knowledge Centre

For transit agencies considering fleet electrification, a strong relationship with the local electric utility is critical, as adding ZEVs to your fleet could lead to you becoming one of your utility’s largest customers. Your...

This report summarizes results from an extensive literature review of different transit electrification deployments and experiences, including service provider insights, charging standards overviews and electric bus deployment...

Project SUMBA developed a document discussing the state-of-the-art modeling approaches and assessment tools as well as the required data and possible data sources. The most modern transport modeling concepts, approaches, and...

The main objective of the clean rail innovation study conducted by the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) for Transport Canada is to identify the “Top 10” feasible technology theme areas that will...

The Zero‐Emission Bus Deployment Guidebook is a tool for educating transit agencies on current best practices for ZEB deployments and represents lessons learned from previous deployments, industry experts, and available industry...

We determine the impacts of improvement and modernization of transport infrastructure on households’ income. We analyzed the impacts of a rapid transit system in urban areas of Punjab Province, Pakistan. We have compared the...

This report presents the findings from an analysis that applies key concepts from Edition 2 of the ISO 26262 standard to a set of Level 0 to Level 2 driving automation systems in the context of a generic 40-ft transit bus....

All cities face the challenge of developing and providing efficient, healthy and environmentally friendly mobility. City dwellers are more often exposed to air pollution, noise and heavy traffic than people living outside urban...

With its EUR 7 trillion annual revenue stream, transport attracts disruptive technology companies that are not interested in preserving the current model in the same way as conventional players may be tempted to. A perfect storm...

This report evaluates the effects of changing weather on zero-emission bus performance. The report relies on selected data that was made available to the Study Team from transit agencies that have deployed hydrogen fuel cell and...

This document summarizes a supporting strategy for the Region’s 2018 TMP and should be read in accordance with the plan’s Transportation Network Assessment Report. It discusses the topic of New Mobility, highlighting the risks...

This report lists 91 requirements that provide a resource and reference for selecting facilities with the appropriate and necessary characteristics for the testing of automated transit buses for all levels of automation. The...

TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 130: Battery Electric Buses—State of the Practice documents current practices of transit systems in the planning, procurement, infrastructure installation, operation,...