Integrated transit route network design and infrastructure planning for on-line electric vehicles

The combination of e-bike-sharing and demand-responsive transport systems in rural areas: A case study of Velenje

“…The methodology presented here is generalizable to other similar contexts, which is a significant advantage and a relevant benefit for policy purposes. Future research could involve the use of optimization models to improve operational efficiency of the transport service ( Iliopoulou & Kepaptsoglou, 2019 ; Verma, Kumari, Tahlyan, & Hosapujari, 2017 ; Wei et al, 2017 ) or to tackle service and energy costs more specifically ( Batarce & Galilea, 2018 ; Brown, 2018 ; Cavallaro, Danielis, Nocera, & Rotaris, 2018 ; Tong, Hendrickson, Biehler, Jaramillo, & Seki, 2017 ). Future work could also examine additional customer-oriented smart services because interconnected transit solutions foster the possibility of offering further specific services to organizations and transit users ( Nocera, Fabio, & Cavallaro, 2020 ).…”

Route Configuration Method for Highway Passenger Hubs from the Perspective of Transportation Integration: A Case Study of Nanjing, China

“…An algorithm for designing an optimal suburban route network was applied to the existing suburban route network of Chernihiv-Horodnya [15]. The abundant research on the optimisation of integrated and urban passenger transit networks indicates that studies focusing on the suburban route network, digital infrastructure, and electric vehicles constitute a new trend and present diverse research results [16][17][18][19][20][21].…”

Optimal route design of electric transit networks considering travel reliability

“…Electric buses based on the battery technologies have been presently introduced into the public transport systems around the world (Häll et al., 2019). They are regarded as the future of public transport in view of their significant environmental and energy advantages (Fusco et al., 2013; Iliopoulou & Kepaptsoglou, 2019; Pternea et al., 2015). The introduction of electric buses brings new complexities to the planning process of public transport as compared to the regular buses (Häll et al., 2019).…”

“…Iliopoulou, Tassopoulos et al. (2019), Iliopoulou and Kepaptsoglou (2019), and Pternea et al. (2015) optimized both the electric transit network layout and the charging facilities deployment.…”

“…(2015) developed a model to consider electric buses to minimize the weighted sum of user, operator, and external costs, and introduced a direct bus route design approach with route structure and directness control. Iliopoulou and Kepaptsoglou (2019) studied the combined design of transit network and the location of charging infrastructure and proposed a bi‐level formulation. At the upper level, the candidate bus route set was generated and evaluated, while at the lower level, the wireless charging infrastructure was deployed.…”