21st March 2017

@ebsf_2project

Umberto Guida, UITP

European Bus System of the Future 2

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Advanced solutions for improvedefficiency and attractiveness ofbus systems

H2020 Innovation Action, May 2015 – April 2018

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Facts & figures

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42 partners

6 Research topics 31 TIs

11 PTO & PTA 7 BM ≈ 70% market

12 European networks

> 150 buses

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Users’ needs and BS requirements

Tests of technological innovations

Local Evaluation

Global Evaluation

Transferability

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Project Logic

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Energy of Auxiliaries

Thermal Control

Strategy vs. component

ICE vs. Electric

New bus vs. retrofit

Active Active

PassivePassive

Energy Strategy and Auxiliaries: the domains

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Energy and Thermal control solutions tested in the EBSF_2 Demonstrations

UITP8

Optimised control for auxiliaries, including full electrification

Improved efficiency of HVAC devices

Auxiliaries, design & control

Improved temperature distribution & air

circulation, human experience of climate

Controlleddoor opening

vs. easyaccess

Thermal management, active

Less glass surface versus good visibility and appealing

exterior

Improved low floor isolation

Integratedthermal energy

storages orheat sinks

Improved door sealing

Thermal management, passive

Insulated and/or tinted windows

Solutions under test: overview

Energy efficiency of high-capacity e-busesSOLUTION: Reduce auxiliary energy consumption by 20% through an Intelligent Energy Management System:

learn / predict energy demands optimize the energy flows between the auxiliary systems

and the energy storage unit.

PARTNERS: IRIZAR, TMB, FRAUNHOFER

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Barcelona

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Continuous on-line positioning & auxiliary control via 2-way communication link to back-office server system

2 x 12 m (IRIZAR) full electric Back-Office Server

DresdenAuxiliaries

2 x STW ECX-TC3

CAN & Communication

CAN Interface

GSM-3G

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Energy efficiency of high-capacity e-buses

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Vehicle Design (capacity, modularity, accessibility)

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Objectives

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• Increase accessibility for all to bus and bus stops• Investigate new bus layout solutions• Adapt the capacity to the actual demand• Improve passengers’ satisfaction and the

passengers’ perception of service quality

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Solutions under test: overview

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• DresdenModularity concept: (un)coupling of bus segments.• GothenburgAttractiveness and Efficiency of Innovative External andInternal Design of Electric Buses.• San Sebastian3D Passenger Behavioural Simulation• Design working groupDesign Charter for electric buses: can we express an electricbus as a new urban object in light of the key opportunityoffered by the energy transition?

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Passenger Behavioural Simulation

3D simulation for designing new bus layouts as optimized interfaces between vehicle and bus stop, improving accessibility and dwell times.

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San Sebastian

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• A simulation case study is defined by a bus layout, abus line (a set of successive bus stops), a population(passengers boarding and alighting the bus at eachbus stop), and the operator’s parameters for the line(boarding through any door, ticket validation, etc.)

• 8 “types” of passengers have been implemented,based on the “Personas” defined in the former EBSFproject.

• As simulation results, the tool provides the dwell time,the seat time, exit time, and the satisfaction.

Passenger Behavioural Simulation

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Bus editor

A wheel chair user boarding the IRIZAR’s i2e fully electric21 March 2017

San Sebastian

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EBSF_2 Design charter

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Metz (F)

BUSES

CITIES PEOPLE

Göteborg (SE)

Urban contexts are changing

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Urban vehicles are changing

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Scooters

Tramways

Car sharing

Electric cars

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Can we express an electric bus as a new urban object?

International

Congress on

Transport and

Infrastructures

Systems –TIS Roma

2017

electric

diesel

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Rationale

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• No major change of the bus design and status in the last 10 years except for some specific bus categories (BRT, micro-buses).

• Very limited design innovations in comparison with other vehicle categories (private cars, tramways, scooters).

• Low acceptance of buses by some local authorities.• No distinctive design for Electric buses.

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The energy transition is a key opportunity to changethe bus beyond its technical transformation:

International

Congress on

Transport and

Infrastructures

Systems –TIS Roma

2017

• To serve a better customer experience

• To obtain a status upgrade for the local authorities

Rationale

Objectives

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• Elaborate a Design Charter for new electric buses topropose a set of key (visual) design principles themanufacturers can mix with their own designstandards

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Involvement of the whole bus ecosystem:

Design Working Group: UITP and PT designers from Attoma, MAN Truck & Bus AG, RATP and Yellow Window.

Involvement of PTO, PTA and manufacturers thanks to UITP working bodies

Interface between bus and urban infrastructure

In-door bus stop – eletcric line 55 Gothenburg

Passengers’ satisfaction of innovative bus stops

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Interface between bus and urban infrastructure

Passengers’ satisfaction of innovative bus stops:

New bus stopsGothenburg

Perception of interior design (choice of

materials, etc)

Perceived access to bus stop

Perceived access to PT Perceived identity of bus (system)

Attractivity Use of PT

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Thank you for your attentionmichele.tozzi@uitp.org

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