New York Composite Cycle

Time-speed data points

The New York Composite (NYComp) cycle is a chassis dynamometer test for heavy-duty vehicles representative of actual driving patterns in New York City. The test—also known as the New York Bus Composite (NYBC) cycle—is a compressed version of the US EPA “unfliltered bus test cycle”.

Vehicle speed over the duration of the NYComp test is shown in Figure 1.

[chart] — **Figure 1**. New York Composite Cycle

The following are selected parameters of the NYComp cycle:

Duration: 1029 s
Total driving distance: 4.06 km (2.52 mi)
Maximum speed: 57.92 km/h (36.0 mph)
Average speed: 14.25 km/h (8.85 mph)
Average speed without stops: 20.0 km/h (12.43 mph)
Maximum acceleration: 5.41 m/s²
Average acceleration: 0.48 m/s²
Number of stops per km: 4