Optimal Charging Infrastructure Design for Battery Electric Buses

Seattle and Portland have experienced increasingly severe congestion and associated impacts such as emissions and decreased productivity (Lindblom, 2017). To address such issues, transit agencies across the region have established ambitious goals to transition to “zero-emissions” bus fleets. For example, in the greater Seattle area, King County Metro Transit (Metro) has committed to reaching a zero-emissions fleet by 2040, which will be achieved in part by employing approximately 1800 battery electric buses (BEBs). The objective of this project is to develop models, methods, and procedures to determine the optimal locations of charging stations for BEBs and apply them in collaboration with Metro. The research contributes to improve “System-Wide Efficiency” of PacTrans themes by supporting system integration and optimization to improve the multimodal transportation system.

• Record URL:
  http://depts.washington.edu/pactrans/research/projects/optimal-charging-infrastructure-design-for-battery-electric-buses/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $80000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747110

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

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

  Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium

  University of Washington
  More Hall Room 112
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700
• Project Managers:

  Ban, Xuegang

• Performing Organizations:

  Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium

  University of Washington
  More Hall Room 112
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
  201 More Hall, Box 352700
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700
• Principal Investigators:

  Ban, Xuegang

• Start Date: 20200916
• Expected Completion Date: 20220915
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Electric buses; Electric vehicle charging; Location; Transit operating agencies
• Geographic Terms: Portland (Oregon); Seattle (Washington)
• Subject Areas: Energy; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01764501
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747110
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 5 2021 1:26PM