Community-Aware Charging Station Network Design for Electrified Vehicles in Urban Areas: Reducing Congestion, Emissions, Improving Accessibility, and Promoting Walking, Bicycling, and Use of Public Transportation

2016PDFTech ReportTRCLC 15-08TRCLC 15-08Electric vehiclesElectric vehicle chargingUrban transportationUrban transportation policyElectric Vehicles Network DesignLivabilityStochastic ModelLivable communitiesUnited StatesWestern Michigan University. Transportation Research Center for Livable CommunitiesChinnam, Ratna BabuMurat, Alper E.Western Michigan UniversityWestern Michigan University. Transportation Research Center for Livable CommunitiesUS Transportation CollectionA major challenge for achieving large-scale adoption of EVs is an accessible infrastructure for the communities. The societal benefits of large-scale adoption of EVs cannot be realized without adequate deployment of publicly accessible charging stations due to mutual dependence of EV sales and public infrastructure deployment. Such infrastructure deployment also presents a number of unique opportunities for promoting livability while helping to reduce the negative side-effects of transportation (e.g., congestion, emissions, and noise pollution). In this phase, we develop a modeling framework (MF) to consider various factors and their associated uncertainties for an optimal network design for electrified vehicles. The factors considered in the study include: state of charge, dwell time, Origin-Destination (OD) pair.92