A Framework for Optimizing Public Transit Bus Fleet Conversion to Alternative Fuels

Alternative fuel buses (hybrid-electric, battery-electric, compressed natural gas, etc.) have great potential to reduce lifecycle energy use and criteria pollutant emissions from urban and rural transit fleets. However, market penetration of alternative fuel transit buses in the U.S. is currently below 50%. The goal of this study is to develop an analytical framework to automatically generate an optimal transit agency bus fleet replacement plan across all alternative fuel options, based upon a comprehensive assessment of agency routes and on-road operating conditions. The framework will integrate the Georgia Tech Transit Simulator and Fuel and Emissions Calculator (FEC), employ real-world operating conditions and eco-transit management of field operations. The research will include a complete assessment of charging strategies for specific vehicle designs, routes, and on-road operations must be included in optimization modeling. This project will help transit agencies obtain a reasonable estimation of fuel-savings and identify the most economically-efficient fleet purchase and vehicle-route assignments for mixed fleets for a twenty-year vehicle lifecycle

• Record URL:
  https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Li-Dissertation-Project-info-sheet.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Dissertation embargoed until August 2020

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $60000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747114

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

  School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0355

  Georgia Transportation Institute University Transportation Center (GTI-UTC)

  Georgia Institute of Technology
  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332
• Project Managers:

  lacobucci, Lauren

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Georgia Transportation Institute University Transportation Center (GTI-UTC)

  Georgia Institute of Technology
  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332
• Principal Investigators:

  Li, Hanyan

  Liu, Haobing

  Rodgers, Michael

• Start Date: 20180401
• Expected Completion Date: 20190531
• Actual Completion Date: 20190831
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Asset management; Economic analysis; Electric buses; Electric vehicle charging; Fuel conservation; Fuel consumption; Hybrid vehicles; Optimization; Pollutants; Procurement; Routes; Transit buses; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01710427
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747114
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 28 2019 2:13PM