APTA Manual of Standards and Recommended Practices for Bus Transit Systems 

All files are in Adobe PDF format.

 

Brake and Chassis Systems

 

APTA BT-RP-001-05 (updated 5/2005)
Recommended Practice for Transit Bus In-Service Brake System Performance Testing

APTA BT-RP-002-05 (updated 3/2004)
Recommended Practice for Transit Bus Foundation Brake Lining Classification

APTA BTS-BC-RP-003-07 (updated 5/2007)
Recommended Practice for Transit Bus Brake Shoe Rebuild

APTA BTS-BC-RP-004-07 (updated 5/2007)
Recommended Practice for Transit Bus Front and Rear Axle S-Cam Brake Reline

APTA BTS-SS-RP-005-10
Troubleshooting Common Transit Bus S-cam and Air Brake Complaints

Bus Operations

APTA BTS-BO-RP-001-07 (updated 6/2009)
Recommended Practice for Transit Bus Operator Training

APTA BTS-BO-RP-002-07 (updated 6/2009)
Recommended Practice for Transit Supervisor Training

APTA BTS-BO-RP-003-09 (updated 12/2009)
Recommended Practice: Recruiting and Retaining Bus Operations Employees

APTA BTS-BO-RP-004-09 (updated 12/2009)
Recommended Practice: Developing and Maintaining a Customer Service Culture

 

Bus Safety

APTA BTS-BS-RP-001-05 (updated 6/2009)
Recommended Practice for Transit Bus Fire Safety Shutdown

APTA BTS-BS-RP-002-07 (updated 8/2007)
Recommended Practice for Transit Bus Electrical System Requirements Related to Fire Safety

APTA BTS-BS-RP-003-08 (updated 6/2009)
Recommended Practice for Installation of Transit Vehicle Fire Protection Systems

APTA BTS-BS-RP-004-08 (updated 6/2009)
Recommended Practice for Transit Bus Fire/Thermal Incident Investigation 

APTA BTS-BS-RP-005-09
Recommended Practice: Reducing Driver-Controlled Distractions While Operating a Vehicle on Agency Time

APTA BTS-BS-RP-006-09
Recommended Practice: Reducing Agency-Controlled Distractions While Operating a Vehicle on Agency Time

 

Standard Bus Procurement Guidelines

 

Commercial Terms and Conditions (October 10, 1997)

High-floor Diesel Buses--Introduction (March 25, 1999)

High-floor Diesel Buses--Text (March 25, 1999)

Low-floor Compressed Natural Gas Buses--Introduction (May 8, 2000)

Low-floor Compressed Natural Gas Buses--Text (May 8, 2000)

30-foot Low-floor Diesel Buses--Introduction (June 28, 2002)

30-foot Low-floor Diesel Buses--Text (June 28, 2002)

40-foot Low-floor Diesel Buses--Introduction (July 3, 2001)

40-foot Low-floor Diesel Buses--Text (July 3, 2001)