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RCED-85-50 1 (1984-11-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnnz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESRITE 0 t fo h~q rrv01- - UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20648 November 19, 1984 RELEASED AND ECONOIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-217074 125777 The Honorable Elliott H. Levitas, Chairman The Honorable Guy V. Molinari, Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Committee on Public Works and Transportation House of Representatives Subject: New York City Transit Authority's Withdrawal of Its Grumman Flxible Buses (GAO/RCED-85-50) In your March 15, 1984, letter you expressed concern about New York City Transit Authority's (TA's) withdrawal of its Grumman Flxible Model 870 buses from transit service. You requested that we determine (1) whether the TA complied with Grumman's suggested maintenance schedules, (2) whether other transit systems have had similar safety, breakdown, or other problems with their Model 870 buses, (3) the reliability of the Model 870 bus as compared with other types of buses in the New York fleet, and (4) the conditions under which the buses are now stored. As agreed with your office, we did not analyze whether the Model 870 buses were considered to .be safe because at the time we were making our review, the Depart- ment of Transportation's Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) was planning to carry out a study of its own to evaluate the condition of the buses. Also, our undertaking a similar study may have been duplicative. Because of a subsequent agreement with the TA, however, UMTA no longer plans to perform the study. We found that (1) on the basis of the TA's records, the TA generally met or exceeded Grumman's suggested mileage inspection requirements for the Model 870 buses but did not always adhere to its own more stringent inspection schedules for these buses, (2) the TA's study showed that it had more problems with the Grumman buses than it did with other buses it was operating, and (3) about 60 percent of the other transit systems owning or leas- ing Model 870 buses that responded to our inquiry said that they generally were satisfied with the overall performance of their Model 870 buses. The TA is currently storing the Model 870 buses in a fenced lot under 24-hour guard at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. The TA has not decided on the ultimate disposition of the buses, but is considering awarding a contract to maintain the buses while they are stored at the Army Terminal. (345577)

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