Urban public charging station locating method for electric vehicles based on land use approach

Csaba Csiszár, Bálint Csonka, Dávid Földes, Ervin Wirth and Tamás Lovas

Journal of Transport Geography, 2019, vol. 74, issue C, 173-180

Abstract: Since the use of electric vehicles decreases the local pollution and noise emission electromobility gains a huge potential in sustainable transport. The currently insufficient charging network, namely the low number of stations and ill-chosen locations are a significant barrier of the widespread of electric vehicles in many countries. Accordingly, localization of new charging stations is of utmost importance. In this study, we develop a two-level charging station locating method. Weighted multicriteria methods were introduced to evaluate territory segments and allocate charging stations within a segment applying a hexagon-based approach and using a greedy algorithm. The novelty of the method in comparison with previous studies is that it assesses the potential of electric vehicle use on macro-level and the possible locations of charging stations on micro-level with a focus on the land-use. We apply the method to Hungary (macro evaluation) and to a district of the capital city, Budapest (micro evaluation). It is found that charging stations at P + R facilities, close to concentrated services and high-density areas are better suited to serve urban public charging demand than gas stations.

Keywords: Electric vehicle; Urban charging infrastructure; Multicriteria method; Charging demand; Hexagon-based; Land use; Heterogeneous data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.11.016

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