23.6 Summary The crashworthiness assessment program presented in this paper was well received by paratransit bus operators and cutaway bus industry. It resulted in strong commitment and collaboration with bus manufacturers. Several full scale rollovers were performed and multiple component tests are being carried out every year. The Crashworthiness and Impact Analysis Laboratory provides detailed reports and feedback to bus manufacturers and the Florida Department of Transportation which results in increasing safety of passengers travelling with this transportation mode. References 1. C. Bojanowski, B. Gepner, L. Kwasniewski, C. Rawl, J. Wekezer, in Roof Crush Resistance and Rollover Strength of a Paratransit Bus, 8th European LS-DYNA Users Conference, (Strasbourg, 2011) 2. L. Kwasniewski, C. Bojanowski, J. Siervogel, J.W. Wekezer, K. Cichocki, Crash and safety assessment program for paratransit buses. Int. J. Impact Eng. 36(2), 235–242 (2009) 3. C. Bojanowski, J.W. Wekezer, L. Kwasniewski, J. Kownacki, in Florida Standard for Crashworthiness and Safety Evaluation of Paratransit Buses, 21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, US DOT NHTSA, Paper (No. 09-0299, pp. 15–18), (2009) 4. C. Bojanowski, Verification, validation and optimization of finite element model of bus structure for rollover test. Ph.D. dissertation, Florida State University, 2009 5. L. Kwasniewski, J.W. Wekezer, B. Gepner, J. Siervogel, Development of Simplified Safety Assessment Procedure for Paratransit Buses (CMM2011—Computer Methods in Mechanics, Warsaw, Poland, 2011) 6. United Nations; Strength of the superstructure of large passenger vehicles. Regulation 66. Revision 1 (2006), http://www.unece.org/trans/main/ wp29/wp29regs/r066r1e.pdf. 182 M. Gleba et al.
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