Reliability Based Maintenance and Emissions Reduction for Bus Fleet

Mr. Irick launched a rigorous system-wide review while leveraging of advances in technology and staff development for the large city bus system under his management.  This resulted in improvements in several key areas by Mr. Irick and his management team:

1. Tripling Mean Distance (miles) Between Failures (MDBF) in less than five years, the key indicator of frequency of bus breakdowns. 
2. Moving the organization towards the adoption of Reliability Based Maintenance (RBM) and improved asset management protocols. 
3. Working diligently to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions by working closely with the vendor community on emerging vehicle advances and breakthroughs. Mr. Irick launched a pilot demonstration of 10 All-Electric Buses to evaluate performance in the large city environment and to better understand this fast-developing space-preparing the MTA for upcoming capital investment programs. The electric bus fleet is subsequently being increased to 60 buses with additional buses to be ordered in the future.