Electric buses (e-buses) have been increasingly introduced to urban transit systems in recent years. E-bus scheduling has become a critical problem to ensure cost-efficient transit service. To support continuous e-bus operation, charging facilities are established at the depots to provide charging service. In real-world scenarios, charging facility capacity measured by the number of chargers is always limited. To reduce charging congestions, it is critical to consider the charging facility capacity in the e-bus scheduling problem. In this study, we addressed a multidepot e-bus scheduling problem considering limited charging facility capacity and vehicle-depot constraint. A mixed-integer programming model based on discrete-event optimization method and a large neighborhood search (LNS) heuristic are proposed to solve the problem. Comprehensive numerical experiments based on the real-world operation cases in Shenzhen were conducted. The results verify the model and show that the LNS heuristic can generate near-optimal solutions for large-scale problem instances. Lack of charging facilities at the depots can lead to more e-buses charging at the peak time regarding the time-of-use tariff, resulting in increased total operational cost.


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    Title :

    Electric Bus Scheduling Considering Limited Charging Facility Capacity for Large-Scale Operation


    Additional title:

    J. Transp. Eng., Part A: Systems


    Contributors:
    Jiang, Mengyan (author) / Zhang, Yi (author) / Zhang, Yi (author)


    Publication date :

    2022-09-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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