The pace of electric bus deployment is increasing rapidly worldwide. Transportation agencies and bus operators are faced with the challenges of re-evaluating the dimensioning of their bus fleet and the associated charging infrastructure with the introduction of electric buses. This paper introduces a new agent-based public transport simulation model currently being developed and based on a general-purpose microscopic traffic simulation platform. It enables users to conduct city-scale studies and analysis of the day-to-day operation of a public bus fleet of traditional and electric buses, including detailed modelling of charging stations, termini and depots. Results are presented in a case study to electrify the entire bus fleet of Singapore.
Keywords:
Electric buses, Agent-based simulation, Charging infrastructure, Public transport
@inproceedings{Gallet_DevelopingLargescaleMicroscopic_2019,
author = {Gallet, Marc and Massier, Tobias and Zehe, Daniel},
title = {Developing a Large-scale Microscopic Model of Electric Public Bus Operation and Charging},
year = {2019},
month = oct,
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)},
isbn = {978-1-7281-1249-7},
publisher = {IEEE},
address = {Hanoi, Vietnam},
pages = {1--5},
doi = {10.1109/VPPC46532.2019.8952361},
keywords = {Electric buses, Agent-based simulation, Charging infrastructure, Public transport},
}
@inproceedings{Gallet_DevelopingLargescaleMicroscopic_2019,
author = {Gallet, Marc and Massier, Tobias and Zehe, Daniel},
title = {Developing a Large-scale Microscopic Model of Electric Public Bus Operation and Charging},
date = {2019-10},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC)},
isbn = {978-1-7281-1249-7},
publisher = {IEEE},
location = {Hanoi, Vietnam},
pages = {1--5},
doi = {10.1109/VPPC46532.2019.8952361},
keywords = {Electric buses, Agent-based simulation, Charging infrastructure, Public transport},
}