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Title:

Using Big Taxi GPS Data to Investigate Feasibility of Electric Taxis in Thessaloniki, Greece

Accession Number:

01592894

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The rapidly increasing development of electric vehicles’ market has enabled more and more cities worldwide to adopt electromobility in public transport as a way to create a more friendly and healthy urban environment for their citizens. Among them, taxis are the main candidates for replacement with electric ones, considering the fact that they make long distance and long lasting trips on a daily basis inside and outside of the urban fabric, burdening the atmosphere with hazardous substances resulting from current diesel and petrol car engines. Electric taxi systems have already been deployed in many cities of Europe, Asia and America. This paper presents the implementation of a methodological framework to investigate the feasibility of electric taxis in Thessaloniki, Greece using big taxi GPS data to understand their operation and driving patterns. The weak battery autonomy of the electric vehicles can be a huge barrier for taxis’ activity since today they operate for a long time without a range restriction. The results of the analysis however indicate that more than half of the examined taxi fleet could be replaced with electric vehicles, since the daily distance that they travel could be covered with the existing electric models with just one charging and that taxis have the required break time for charging during the day

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP060 Standing Committee on Paratransit.

Monograph Accession #:

01584066

Report/Paper Numbers:

16-3467

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Chrysostomou, Katerina
Georgakis, Athanasios
Morfoulaki, Maria
Kotoula, Kornilia
Myrovali, Glykeria

Pagination:

12p

Publication Date:

2016

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Thessaloniki (Greece)

Subject Areas:

Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-3467

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 12 2016 5:31PM