Event Simulation for an Electric Public Transportation System Using Real World Data

In this work a feasibility analysis for a BHLS (Buses of High Level of Service) system for the South-East part of Florence is made. It is recognized that transports with high level of service show high efficiency and rapid implementation velocity and so they are extremely suitable to provide also temporary mobility solutions. For this reason, authors presented an implementation framework that will support the designing process providing a method to determine consumptions and level of service in the long period. The track considers also an extension towards the Fortezza da Basso because passengers of tramways' Linea 1 and Santa Maria Novella's station will experience a better service. Then, it is described the methodology used for the data acquisition, considering the buses that currently are in service on this track. A model to determine the effective energetic consumption is achieved, taking account of all resistant forces. Important statistical parameters distributions have found as the base for the simulation model; then, an Arena stochastic model was made to have an environment where to perform nine scenarios simulation. For each bus the value of daily energy absorption/recharge for 1000 times is obtained. Two of the most important themes of this research are the study the waiting time and the battery size; they are related to the presence of static and/or dynamic chargers and to cell battery specifics and to the number of buses. In the conclusions and future deployments, it is shown a set of possible infrastructures with pros and cons that will be the main output for the proposed framework; the Municipality investors will use the scenarios to help in the decision-making process.