Competitive Advantages
- Versatile and easy to distribute
- Quickly performs life-cycle costs
- Analysis displayed as both spreadsheets and charts
- Flexible – can be used in variety of transit groups
Summary
The product of our research is a user-friendly, easily-modifiable Visual Basic computer application designed to work with the Microsoft Excel platform. The planning tool comprises a life-cycle cost calculator, a sensi-tivity analysis, and a summary of pollutant emissions generated by each vehicle type. The outcome of each analysis may be used to support transit agency choices related to bus acquisition or regular operations.
A step-by-step BuFFeT user guide, supporting background data, and sam-ple analyses are also included providing a well formed self serving package that can be easily used by any person with a basic knowledge in MS Excel. This tool would be very beneficial to not only the Department of transpor-tation but also in the field of Energy Conservation.
Tool to save fuel in transportation fleets.
Desired Partnerships
- License
- Sponsored Research
- Co-Development