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Urban Bus Maintenance Facilities

Estimates of the condition of urban bus maintenance facilities come from the National Bus Condition Assessment. Exhibit 3-34 shows the age range of these facilities. Fifty-six percent of bus maintenance facilities are less than 20 years old, with most of these in the older half of that range. Nearly one-third of the facilities are over 30 years old.

Exhibit 3-34

Age of Urban Bus Facilities, 1997

Source: National Bus Condition Assessment.

Exhibit 3-35

Condition of Urban Bus Maintenance Facilities, 1997

Source: National Bus Condition Assessment.

Exhibit 3-35 shows the condition of bus maintenance facilities. A majority of the facilities (57 percent) are found to be in adequate, middle-range condition. A slightly higher percentage of facilities are substandard/poor (23 percent) than are good/excellent (20 percent). Less than 8 percent of facilities are in either extreme range (poor or excellent). Definitions of these condition levels are found in Exhibit 3-36.

Exhibit 3-36. Definitions of Urban Bus Maintenance Facility Conditions