Alternative-Driven Public Vehicles Ranking Based on Consumption and Operating Cost Considering Number of Passengers Transported
摘要
The current commercial electric and non-fossil-fueled vehicles can be an alternative to the polluting diesel vehicles used nowadays. However, in the current development phase, the main problem is their short range and/or expensive purchase cost. Accordingly, our main goal was to compare and rank selected vehicles operated in cities based on the established compliance indicator. The novelty of the paper is that it compares vehicles using multi-criteria analysis based on different criteria, including energy cost. The vehicle- and route/operational parameters were described for public transport bus-, taxi- and electric scooter services. The mobility services were evaluated and ranked based on the groups of vehicle- and contamination criteria. The method is applied as a case study using fuel consumption and contamination databases for Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Sweden. This method can be used by municipal transport operators to plan which service should be implemented on a given route according to current and future circumstances and needs.