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Title:

Locating Flow-Recharging Stations to Serve Tourism Transport

Accession Number:

01088568

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Some governments are promoting the use of electric vehicles such as electric scooters to effectively reduce the impact of tourism transport on local environments; however, these vehicles have only a limited distance range, and the establishment of recharging facilities is important in encouraging their use. Given that electric scooters are most commonly used for recreational trips over short distances due to their limited travel range, locating recharging stations is important if their use is to become more widespread. The present study develops a model based on the concept of the location planning of recreation-oriented facilities, with the locations and numbers of recharging stations determined using an integer program, accompanied by a case study for validation. Sensitivity analyses are performed to determine the recharging efficiency of batteries and the facility-locating capacity of each site. The results show that a high level of recharging efficiency or a rapid recharging method for replenishing battery power would significantly reduce the number of required recharge stations.

Monograph Accession #:

01084478

Report/Paper Numbers:

08-1492

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Wang, Ying-Wei

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2008

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures; Maps; References (13) ; Tables (3)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Subject Areas:

Energy; Environment; Highways; Society; I15: Environment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-1492

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 29 2008 3:50PM