Towards the Integration of Electric Buses in Conventional Bus Fleets

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2016-11

Authors

Diogo Santos (Author) Other; Zafeiris Kokkinogenis (Author) Other; Jorge Freire de Sousa (Author) FEUP; Deborah Perrotta (Author) Other; Rosaldo J. F. Rossetti (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: IEEE 19th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems: Proceedings

Pages: 88-93

ITSC 2016 - 19th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Rio de Janeiro, 1 de novembro de 2016

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Authenticus ID: P-00M-CQ8

DOI: 10.1109/itsc.2016.7795537

Abstract (EN): Private individual transportation is becoming cumbersome and expensive, as urban traffic turns more chaotic, fuel prices increase and the effects of pollutant emissions become evident. Public buses are an attractive approach to reducing the cars in use, as they mostly depend on preexistent infrastructure. Making these buses electric would mean even less tailpipe emissions and cheaper consumption costs, when compared to conventional vehicle fleets. However, fully electric bus fleets can prove disadvantageous. We can tackle this with a more conservative approach - using mixed bus fleets, comprised by both electric and conventional buses. This work intends on studying how to obtain a good balance of the different vehicle typologies in the fleet. To fulfill these goals, real data of a bus network in Porto, Portugal, is studied and an evolutionary algorithm devises mixed fleet arrangements, with a brief sensitivity analysis giving us an overview of how to improve our results. As a means of decision support, this work contributes not only with an approach to configure optimized mixed bus fleets, but also with general considerations for managing public transit with electric vehicle fleets.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6