Seminar with Dr. Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis
DATE: 20/06/2024
TIME: 15:00-16:00hr
ZOOM REGISTRATION: https://tudelft.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcscuGuqTIpE9KmKz5sPt3L3vKGjcZs2kgC
SPEAKER: Dr. Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis from National Technical University of Athens
TITLE: Electric Bus Scheduling - Problems and Opportunities
ABSTRACT:
Public transport systems are gradually shifting to electromobility, as dictated by global environmental mandates which set specific emission reduction targets for urban centers. Electric bus fleets bring forth a new set of managerial challenges for transit operators. Planning for electric bus systems is a complex task since vehicle energy sufficiency and charging requirements must be taken into account. As such, the electrification of public transport calls for new planning models for network design, timetabling and scheduling. This has fundamentally impacted all stages of public transport planning, from the strategic to the operational level. In this presentation, the electric bus scheduling problem will be examined focusing on the required changes of planning tools and future research directions. The presentation will be linked to the EU Project metaCCAZE, consisting of 44 partners from 12 countries and aiming at leading European cities towards a new era of green and connected mobility.
Resume
Dr Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis is Assistant Professor and Director of the Railways and Transport Laboratory at the National Technical University of Athens. His research focuses on public transport planning, railway planning and operations, fleet management and micromobility. He received his Ph.D. and BSc in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He also received his MSc in Transport and Sustainable Development from Imperial College London and University College London.
From 2012 until 2018 he was conducting transportation R&D at NEC Laboratories Europe (Heidelberg, Germany) with a specific focus on EU and APAC markets. From 2018 until 2022 he was appointed Assistant Professor to the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He has been involved in several EU and international projects on smart cities, urban mobility, public transport operations, logistics, railway engineering and shared mobility, and has several patent applications in the aforementioned areas. He serves as Editor at Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Transportation Research Record, Journal of Public Transportation, npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport, and he is the Review Coordinator of the Transit Management and Performance committee (AP010) at the Transportation Research Board. He is the author of the book Public Transport Optimization, Springer Nature, and has co-authored more than 60 publications to peer-reviewed scientific journals.
