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.
Jerry Guaracino of SEPTA 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 2 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.
For copies of the completed documents go to the Published Documents webpage.
This group is consistantly 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.