Simulation studies are performed to evaluate the potential fuel savings and reduction in emissions from using hybrid powered buses on Long Beach City bus routes. Conventional diesels, diesel-hybrid, and gas turbine-hybrids are considered. The long-term objective of the project is to investigate the feasibility of utilizing a fleet of small and medium size hybrid passenger vans in metropolitan/urban areas to improve over the overall fuel efficiency, reduce emission, and increase throughput without increasing cost life of the system-- thus allowing additional routes to areas where such services are most needed. This is done by allowing fleets consisting of a mix of vehicles such as hybrids and internal combustion engines to operate. The fuel savings and lower emission over the vehicle life will compensate the higher initial capital costs. The results of this study can be extended to address the transportation problems over large metropolitan areas and facilitate implementation of Air Resource Board (ARB), Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), and Caltrans mandates in promoting higher use of high-occupancy vehicles (HOV) and sustainable market demand for ultra low and zero emission vehicles.
Assessment of Hybrid Configuration and Control Strategies in Planning Future Metropolitan/Urban Transit Systems
2002
67 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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