The Brake and Chassis Systems Working Group focuses on the chassis and undercarriage of the transit bus. This working group started with the brake systems and will move on to the suspension system.
Bruce Dahl from King County Metro is the Chair and Chris Farell of Haldex is the Vice-Chair. The group has both business and transit membership. The working group meets approximately 4 times a year.
The next major inifitive of the Brake & Chassis working group will focus on the improvement of Air Management in today’s vehicles.
The Brake & Chassis working group has four completed documents:
APTA BTS-RP-001-05
In-Service Brake System Performance Testing
APTA BTS-RP-002-05
Foundation Brake Replacement Brake Lining Classification
APTA BTS-RP-003-05
Recommended Practice for Transit Bus Brake Shoe Rebuild
APTA BTS-RP-004-07
Recommended Practice for Transit Bus Front and Rear Axle S-Cam Brake Reline
For copies of the completed documents go to the Published Documents webpage.
This group is currently developing a priority list for standards development in this area. Any suggestions would be welcome. They are also always looking for participation.
If you would like to be a member of this group please contact Saahir Brewington at 202-496-4834 or sbrewington@apta.com.