| dc.description.abstract | With the rapid increase of urban population, the fuel consumption of urban buses has broken through the historical highs year by year. With the advancement of science and technology, electric buses have gradually joined the operational fleet. The lack of renewal of the buses system has led to a decline in service levels. In the past, operators often set up the depot in the city center because of the cheap land, the power supply and other facilities required for the electric bus were often using previous experience selection, lacking overall systemic planning. Therefore, this study develops a model for urban buses depot location and charging station facilities allocation determining, hoping to effectively assist operators making their decisions in setting up parking spaces, setting up charging station facilities, and daily departure routes.
In this study, mathematical planning method is employed to formulate an optimal model for city buses depot location and charging station facilities allocation determining. The proposed is minimize the total operating cost, and satisfied with related limits. Due to the large scale of the problem, this study uses the segmentation and decomposition concept to develop a heuristic algorithm to solve. In order to assess the practicability of the model, this study uses the data provided by a bus operator in Taoyuan City as an example to test the model. Ensuring the availability of the model in other cities of larger scale, this study expands the scale of test with reasonable assumptions and tests different parameters. Sensitivity analysis and different scenarios analysis show that the model of this study can be effectively operated in practice. Provide reference to urban bus operators for parking depot establishment, power supplement facilities configuration and leaving routes plan. | en_US |