Investigating Statewide Transit Maintenance Needs in Illinois

Light, Ethan; Sai, Shang; Ouyang, Yanfeng; O’Brien, Will; Osorio, Jesus; Zhai, Yuhui

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Title

Investigating Statewide Transit Maintenance Needs in Illinois

Author(s)

• Light, Ethan
• Sai, Shang
• Ouyang, Yanfeng
• O’Brien, Will
• Osorio, Jesus
• Zhai, Yuhui

Issue Date

2023-12

Keyword(s)

• Transit Fleet
• Maintenance
• Regional Maintenance Center
• Preventive
• Corrective
• Inspection

Abstract

This study’s researchers investigated transit vehicle maintenance processes, maintenance needs, and potential opportunities associated with building additional bus maintenance facilities (e.g., regional maintenance centers) in Illinois. They collected information via three main tasks. First, they conducted a literature review to document practices on preventive and corrective transit vehicle maintenance processes and explored similar or comparable projects among peer states and regions. Second, they conducted a series of interviews with Illinois local transit agencies, nonprofit organizations, Illinois administrators, and peer states to identify common challenges and opportunities with fleet maintenance as well as to capture stakeholders’ perspectives on state-sponsored maintenance service. Third, they conducted a preliminary data-driven model analysis to present a better understanding of Illinois’ needs for regional maintenance centers and to illustrate how the Illinois Department of Transportation may systematically plan regional maintenance center locations and capacities to best serve unmet demand under a range of available budget values. This study’s findings lay the foundation for more effective planning of a better network of regional maintenance centers to provide long-term benefits to IDOT and partner agencies by reducing vehicle down time, decreasing maintenance and towing costs, and allowing for greater tracking of maintenance techniques in coordination with similar agencies across Illinois.

Publisher

Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation

Has Part

• https://doi.org/10.36501/0197-9191/23-028
• ISSN: 0197-9191

Series/Report Name or Number

FHWA-ICT-23-021

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

IDOT-R27-SP58

Copyright and License Information

No restrictions. This document is available through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161.

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