The Tests

Before actual testing begins, each bus undergoes a detailed check-in procedure. Seven tests are then performed on the buses: safety, structural integrity and durability, reliability, performance, maintainability, noise, fuel economy. These are not pass-or-fail tests; the data from all the tests are compiled into a test report that is made available to the manufacturer to provide information during the procurement process. As a result of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), an expansion of testing will add two new tests to the currently operational test areas: brake testing and emissions testing.

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