[sustran] Re: Info please - PCU value, Articulated Bus

Kerry Wood kerry.wood at paradise.net.nz
Tue Mar 5 06:16:30 JST 2002


I have seen 2.5 used for a standard bus but cannot run down where I saw it.

If that figure seems OK, then how about 3.0 for a bendybus?

Kerry Wood


Alan Patrick Howes wrote:

> Can anyone give me an accepted pcu-value for a typical articulated bus in
> urban traffic conditions? (One hinge, 18m. (60ft) long.)
>
> For that matter, what about a standard rigid bus? According to a Geography
> Asociation web document, the pcu value for this is 3.0, which (intuitively)
> seems to me a tad high. But Peter White's standard work on Public Transport
> says "... a bus carrying 50 passengers receives little more weight than a
> private car" - that seems on the low side.
>
> Cheers, Alan.
>
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> Alan P Howes, Special Transport Advisor,
>      Dubai Municipality Public Transport Department
> aphowes at dm.gov.ae
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