Impacts of energy consumption and emissions on the trip cost without late arrival at the equilibrium state

• Published in: Physica A 2017-08, Vol.479, p.341-349
• Main Authors: Tang, Tie-Qiao, Wang, Tao, Chen, Liang, Shang, Hua-Yan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Car-following model; Early arrival cost; Emissions; Fuel consumption; Trip cost
• ISSN: 0378-4371; 1873-2119
• DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2017.03.019

•The traditional vehicle’s trip costs without late arrival are defined.•The electric vehicle’s trip costs without late arrival are defined.•The effects of the energy consumption and emissions on each commuter’s trip cost without late arrival at the equilibrium state are studied. In this paper, we apply a car-following model, fuel consumption model, emission model and electricity consumption model to explore the influences of energy consumption and emissions on each commuter’s trip costs without late arrival at the equilibrium state. The numerical results show that the energy consumption and emissions have significant impacts on each commuter’s trip cost without late arrival at the equilibrium state. The fuel cost and emission cost prominently enhance each commuter’s trip cost and the trip cost increases with the number of vehicles, which shows that considering the fuel cost and emission cost in the trip cost will destroy the equilibrium state. However, the electricity cost slightly enhances each commuter’s trip cost, but the trip cost is still approximately a constant, which indicates that considering the electricity cost in the trip cost does not destroy the equilibrium state.