Assessing life cycle impacts and the risk and uncertainty of alternative bus technologies

A Harris, D Soban, BM Smyth, R Best - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Low-emission alternative bus technologies are of increasing interest to bus fleet operators
due to the reduced environmental impact and potential for lower operating costs. However …

Impact of bus electrification on carbon emissions: The case of Stockholm

M Xylia, S Leduc, AB Laurent, P Patrizio… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the potential impact of various options for decarbonization of public
bus transport in Stockholm, with particular attention to electrification. An optimization model …

A probabilistic fleet analysis for energy consumption, life cycle cost and greenhouse gas emissions modelling of bus technologies

A Harris, D Soban, BM Smyth, R Best - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Introducing alternative bus fleet technologies requires investigation into life cycle impacts,
risks and benefits. Previous modelling approaches comparatively assess individual vehicle …

Minimizing passenger waiting time in the multi-route bus fleet allocation problem through distributionally robust optimization and reinforcement learning

X Li, X An, B Zhang - Computers & Operations Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Public buses serve a vital role in urban transportation systems by alleviating traffic
congestion, reducing carbon emissions, and providing cost-effective and accessible travel …

Minimizing energy use of mixed-fleet public transit for fixed-route service

A Sivagnanam, A Ayman, M Wilbur… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - ojs.aaai.org
Affordable public transit services are crucial for communities since they enable residents to
access employment, education, and other services. Unfortunately, transit services that …

Economic characteristics of city bus operation with a mixed fleet: the influence of electric buses

YS Chung, YC Chiou - Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The change in operation cost is a major concern of bus operators for accelerating bus
electrification. The present paper investigated the cost structure of bus fleets with different …

Trading off costs, environmental impact, and levels of service in the optimal design of transit bus fleets

PL Durango-Cohen, EC McKenzie - … research Part A: Policy and practice, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of a systematic framework to support the design of transit bus fleets is
justified by the significant and long-lasting implications associated with decisions to …

A spatially explicit optimization model for the selection of sustainable transport technologies at regional bus companies

D Chinese, P Pinamonti, C Mauro - Optimization and Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Buses account for almost 60% of the total public transport services in Europe, and most of
the vehicles are diesel fuelled. Regional transport administrators, under pressure by …

Modeling bus capacity for bus stops using queuing theory and diffusion approximation

C Wang, W Chen, Y Xu, Z Ye - Transportation Research …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
For bus service quality and line capacity, one critical influencing factor is bus stop capacity.
This paper proposes a bus capacity estimation method incorporating diffusion …

A decision support framework for grid-aware electric bus charge scheduling

G Pettet, M Ghosal, S Mahserejian… - 2021 IEEE Power & …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While there are many advantages to electric publictransit vehicles, they also pose new
challenges for fleet operators. One key challenge is defining a charge scheduling policy that …