Customer Services, Operations, and Safety Committee

Board Information Item III-C

May 13, 2010

Bus Fleet Maintenance

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TITLE:

Metro Bus Fleet Overview

PURPOSE:

Provide an overview of CNG, Hybrid/Electric, and Clean Diesel and Standard Diesel bus performance.

DESCRIPTION:

The presentation will include a discussion of issues encountered and resolved, and those that still need to be resolved, of the four different power train technologies. The performance and reliability of each technology will be presented and compared.

FUNDING IMPACT:

No impact on funding

RECOMMENDATION:

There is no recommendation.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Board Action/Information Summary

Action Information MEAD Number: Resolution: Yes No

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Bus Fleet Maintenance

Customer Service, Operations, and Safety Committee

May 13, 2010

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The Metrobus Fleet

• Sixth largest transit bus fleet in the country

The Metrobus Fleet

g y• 1,479 active buses• Average fleet age is 8.2 years• Four powertrain technologies

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Bus Fleet OverviewBus Fleet Overview

Bus count by powertrain:Hybrid Electric = 253 BusesHybrid Electric = 253 BusesCNG = 461 BusesClean Diesel = 117 BusesStandard Diesel = 648 Buses

CNG 31.2%Diesel

43.8%

Bus count by size:30/37 ft =111 Buses40/42 ft =1,279 Buses Hybrid 40/42 ft 1,279 Buses60/62 ft= 89 Buses

• Annual miles operated = 49,778,791Eld l d di bl d ibilit 100%

17.1%Clean Diesel 7.9%

• Elderly and disabled accessibility = 100%

New Bus Procurement Status:• Base order + option 1 completed = 203 buses on propertyp p p p y• Option Year 2 delivery in progress = 24 on property, total of

148 buses by September 30th.

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Bus Fleet Reliability

8,000

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BUS - Mean Distance Between Failures FYTD = 6,011

6,000

7,000

Perf

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ance

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun4,000

5,000

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

GOAL 6,500 6,500 6,500 6,500 6,500 6,500 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000

FY2009 4,744 5,820 6,153 5,876 7,405 6,601 6,316 6,227 6,292 4,945 4,652 4,503

FY2010 4,898 5,437 5,325 5,732 6,054 6,700 7,223 6,878 6,882

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Bus Fleet Reliability

Bus - MDBF by Fleet, FY'09 - FY‘10 To Date

16,000

18,000

20,000

8 000

10,000

12,000

14,000

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-

08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09 May-09 Jun-09 Jul-09 Aug-

09 Sep-09 Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec-09 Jan-10 Feb-10 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-

10 Jun-10 FY-09 FY-10

CNG 9,151 9,412 9,318 11,273 11,693 10,917 9,194 10,025 9,524 9,391 7,070 7,791 7,053 7,739 7,851 8,105 7,362 12,258 9,347 8,935 8,853 9,963 8,407

Hybrid 7,591 8,449 10,672 8,262 11,247 9,797 8,044 8,694 5,741 8,433 7,090 7,250 11,141 8,962 8,520 9,973 10,980 10,167 11,859 10,666 10,546 8,479 10,345

Clean Diesel 10,104 11,771 15,563 14,211 17,830 14,380 16,049 14,433 13,516 6,990 10,154 9,968 9,400 13,015 11,150 12,345 10,052 11,137 9,806 9,911 11,109 13,881 10,822

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,

%

-16%

22%

-22%

-2.5%All Others 3,178 4,146 4,323 3,897 5,136 4,628 4,502 4,426 4,559 3,387 3,354 3,048 3,386 3,739 3,679 3,872 4,393 4,187 5,225 4,928 4,804 4,234 4,127

2.5%

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CNG Fleet OverviewCNG Fleet Overview

100001200014000 CNG Goal

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MD

BF

Goal = 10,200FYTD = 8,407

Year Manufacturer Number 2001 New Flyer 1002002 New Flyer 642005 Orion 2502007 New Flyer 252007 New Flyer 252008 NABI 22

• Fiscal Year to Date Miles= 10,895,181• Cost per mile = $1 07• Cost per mile = $1.07

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Hybrid Electric Fleet OverviewHybrid Electric Fleet Overview

100001200014000 HYBRID Goal

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MD

BF

GOAL = 10,700FYTD = 10,345

Year Manufacturer Number 2006 New Flyer 502008 New Flyer 1032009 New Flyer 1002009 New Flyer 100

• Fiscal Year to Date Miles = 5,747,608Cost per mile $0 80• Cost per mile = $0.80

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Clean Diesel Fleet OverviewClean Diesel Fleet Overview

15,000

20,000 CLEAN DIESEL Goal

0

5,000

10,000

MD

BF

GOAL = 13,200FYTD = 10,822

Year Manufacturer Number 2006 New Flyer 117

• Fiscal Year to Date Miles = 4,285,432• Cost per mile = $1.12

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Emissions RegulationsEmissions Regulations

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2010 EPA Emission Standards2010 EPA Emission Standards

Specific to heavy-duty commercial engines, new regulations set by the EPA for 2010 vehicles introduce very stringent emission standards, as follows:

PM 0 01 /bh h (P ti l t M tt )• PM—0.01 g/bhp-hr (Particulate Matter)• NOx—0.20 g/bhp-hr (Oxides of Nitrogen)• NMHC—0.14 g/bhp-hr (Non-methane Hydrocarbons)

The PM emission standard took full effect in the 2007 heavy-duty engine model year. The NOx and NMHC standards were phased in for engines between 2007 and 2010 and beyond.engines between 2007 and 2010 and beyond.

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Actual 2010 Engine Certifications

NMHC NOx PM

CNG 0.13 0.10 0.009

Diesel 0.0 0.21 0.0

*Source: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Though CO2 is not a regulated EPA emission, the gap between the two engine technologies has been significantly closedthe two engine technologies has been significantly closed. Diesel = 573 g/bhp/hr; CNG = 477 g/bhp/hr

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Standard Diesel Fleet OverviewStandard Diesel Fleet Overview

400050006000 DIESEL Goal

01000200030004000

MD

BF

GOAL = 4,100FYTD = 4,127

Year Manufacturer Number 1990 Flxible 401994 Flxible 741995 Ikarus 261997 Orion 2592000 Orion 2302000 Orion 2302003 Neoplan 19

• Fiscal Year to Date Miles = 15,218,495C il $1 35• Cost per mile = $1.35

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Industry Performance DataIndustry Performance Data

Metrobus Mean Distance Between Failures fiscal year to date = 6,011

Average MDBF of other Transit AuthoritiesNew York MTA = 3,379Long Island, NY MTA = 2,531MBTA Boston MA. = 9,209Miami-Dade = 3,888CTA Chicago Transit = 4,313Los Angeles CA Metro = 1,500

Note: A review of data provided reveals different methodology for calculating MDBF and different operating environments throughout the industry. These numbers are provided for rough comparison and not for benchmarking.

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Improve & Sustain PerformanceImprove & Sustain Performance

h d f f d f hThe Board of Directors continues to support funding of the:

• 100 Bus per year replacement procurement

• 100 Bus per year rehabilitation program

• Capitalization of repairables

These will permit the high level of vehicle reliability and performance to continue and improve.

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