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Tender Details
- Country: United Kingdom
- Summary: Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (Avas) Retrofit Project
- GBT Ref No: 60563908
- Deadline: 17 Dec 2021
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: -
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: TFL001-DN584755-17072358
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- Title : Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) Retrofit Project
Location Of Contract : England
Industry : Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation - 34000000
Description : The Mayor's Transport Strategy (MTS) sets out the Vision Zero goal of zero people killed or seriously injured (KSIs) on London's roads by 2041. It includes targets for a 70% reduction in KSIs by 2021 and for no one to be killed on or by a bus by 2030. The Bus Safety Standard (BSS) was launched in 2018 to help achieve the Vision Zero goal for buses. The BSS mandates the use of safer vehicles and supports safer behaviours and speeds, specifying safety requirements that new buses entering service in London must meet.An Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) is one of a number of the measures in the BSS. AVAS is a system to make quiet running buses (i.e. electric, hybrid or hydrogen) audible to pedestrians and cyclists, and other road users outside the vehicle.The United Nations Economic Commission of Europe (UNECE) Regulation 138 has required AVAS on new electric and hybrid vehicles since July 2021. TfL committed to introducing this early and since September 2019 AVAS has been required on all new quiet running London bus models as part of the BSS. The UNECE regulatory requirements have also been exceeded for London Buses. This includes the development of a unique Urban Bus Sound, which along with moving the speakers to the front of the bus, aims t... - Documents :
Purchaser : TRANSPORT FOR LONDON
197 Blackfriars Road LONDON SE1 8NJ England
Contact Person : Emma Milam
Email :Emma.Milam@tfl.gov.uk
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