Modeling Car Trips Toward Strategic Allocation of Alternative Fuel Stations

Despite the rapid improvement of the performance of alternative-fuel vehicles (AFVs), so far the strategic allocation of fuel stations is scarcely discussed. For the promotion of AFVs use, not only their performances and prices but also the convenience of fueling vehicles is an important factor. The activity of fueling vehicle and the trips across longer days are key inputs to fuel station allocation modeling. The objective of this paper was to develop a methodology to simulate vehicle trips over several weeks. Road traffic census data, which are useful to comprehend the state of vehicle activity across the whole area, are analyzed. However, these data are based on one-day observation and does not provide the information of the trips of a vehicle over several days or weeks. Therefore, vehicle trip survey is conducted for five weeks and its data are analyzed. We developed a simulation model based on both analyses and discussed the strategic allocation of alternative fuel stations. The result implies that if 10 zones among 53 zones in the case study area have a fuel station for each, almost all the cars encounter at least one of them for a month.

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  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Tsutsumi, Morito
  • Ishida, Haruo
  • Okamoto, Naohisa
  • Suzuki, Kosei
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
• Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: TRB 85th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Data collection; Environment; Fuel conservation; Fuel consumption; Location; Strategic planning; Trip chaining; Trip purpose
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fuel stations
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01024502
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 06-2631
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 25 2006 7:31AM