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Standard Bus Procurement Guidelines
5.4.5
5.4.5.1
5.4.5.1.1
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATIONS
PASSENGER SEATING
Arrangements
Baseline: Standard configuration with
combination of forward facing and
longitudinal seating.
Alternative: Perimeter seating arrangement.
Baseline: Use for 40-ft length bus with
baseline seats and baseline seating
arrangement.
Alternative: Use for alternative configurations
of bus length, seating arrangement and seat
type. Also see Section 5.1.5.3.
Seating capacity with this arrangement shall be
no less than 43 passengers. This minimum
capacity may be reduced when
accommodations for more than two
wheelchairs are required in Section 5.4.5.4.
Seating capacity with this arrangement shall be
no less than
seated passengers, not
including the operator, with the specified
seating arrangement.
Passenger seats shall be arranged in
longitudinal rows facing the centerline of the
Passenger seats shall be arranged in a
bus. One row of transverse, forward facing
transverse, forward facing configuration,
seats shall be provided at the rear of the bus.
except at the wheel housings where aisle-facing Longitudinal seating shall meet the
seats may be arranged as appropriate with due
requirements in Section 5.4.5.1.3 except that
regard for passenger access and comfort.
armrest shall be provided between every other
seating position at the same location as vertical
passenger assists defined in Section 5.4.5.2.6.
Each seat shall have a minimum width of 17
inches, not including the armrest.
Note:
Seating capacity must be coordinated with the
configurations listed previously for
Section 5.1.5.3.
Baseline: Use with standard (non-padded) seat
configuration.
Alternative: Use with padded or cushioned seat
configuration.
Hip-to-knee room, measured from the front of
one seat back horizontally across the highest
part of the seat to the seat or panel immediately
in front, shall be no less than 26 inches. At all
seating positions in paired transverse seats
Hip-to-knee room, measured from the front of
one seat back cushion horizontally across the
highest part of the seat cushion to the seat or
panel immediately in front, shall be no less than
26.5 inches. At all seating positions in paired
Technical Specifications
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