Simulating mobility to plan for electric minibus taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is faced with the challenge to integrate e-mobility into its paratransit (its informal mass transit). Old, unsafe, fuel-inefficient, polluting minibus taxis are the cornerstone of daily commuting for millions in the region. Planning for electrification requires accurate high...
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2023
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| author | Giliomee, JH Hull, C Collett, KA McCulloch, M Booysen, MJ |
| author_facet | Giliomee, JH Hull, C Collett, KA McCulloch, M Booysen, MJ |
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| description | Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is faced with the challenge to integrate e-mobility into its paratransit (its informal mass transit). Old, unsafe, fuel-inefficient, polluting minibus taxis are the cornerstone of daily commuting for millions in the region. Planning for electrification requires accurate high-frequency mobility data, which is currently unavailable. We analyse and improve on existing simulation models, which predict the energy usage with a micro-traffic simulation, SUMO, that up-samples low-frequency mobility data. We show that, compared to using measured mobility data, the current simulation approach overestimates energy expenditure. Results show a mean energy expenditure per distance overestimation of 14%, and mean energy per trip overestimation of 46%. We identify and virtualisation errors in the current driver and infrastructure models, and identify shortcomings of imposing a virtual road network with simulation software in the SSA context. We recommend and demonstrate virtualisation improvements for accurate electro-mobility planning in future. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:efb7400b-6b45-47f4-a42e-ac9324b5535c2023-07-17T07:22:08ZSimulating mobility to plan for electric minibus taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa's paratransitJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:efb7400b-6b45-47f4-a42e-ac9324b5535cEnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2023Giliomee, JHHull, CCollett, KAMcCulloch, MBooysen, MJSub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is faced with the challenge to integrate e-mobility into its paratransit (its informal mass transit). Old, unsafe, fuel-inefficient, polluting minibus taxis are the cornerstone of daily commuting for millions in the region. Planning for electrification requires accurate high-frequency mobility data, which is currently unavailable. We analyse and improve on existing simulation models, which predict the energy usage with a micro-traffic simulation, SUMO, that up-samples low-frequency mobility data. We show that, compared to using measured mobility data, the current simulation approach overestimates energy expenditure. Results show a mean energy expenditure per distance overestimation of 14%, and mean energy per trip overestimation of 46%. We identify and virtualisation errors in the current driver and infrastructure models, and identify shortcomings of imposing a virtual road network with simulation software in the SSA context. We recommend and demonstrate virtualisation improvements for accurate electro-mobility planning in future. |
| spellingShingle | Giliomee, JH Hull, C Collett, KA McCulloch, M Booysen, MJ Simulating mobility to plan for electric minibus taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit |
| title | Simulating mobility to plan for electric minibus taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit |
| title_full | Simulating mobility to plan for electric minibus taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit |
| title_fullStr | Simulating mobility to plan for electric minibus taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulating mobility to plan for electric minibus taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit |
| title_short | Simulating mobility to plan for electric minibus taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit |
| title_sort | simulating mobility to plan for electric minibus taxis in sub saharan africa s paratransit |
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