Site selection for EVCS in Istanbul by GIS and multi-criteria decision-making

• Published in: Transportation research. Part D, Transport and environment Transport and environment, 2020-03, Vol.80, p.102271, Article 102271
• Main Authors: Kaya, Ömer, Tortum, Ahmet, Alemdar, Kadir Diler, Çodur, M. Yasin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: AHP; Electric vehicle charging station; GIS; Istanbul; PROMETHEE; VIKOR
• ISSN: 1361-9209; 1879-2340
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2020.102271

•A new approach is developed by using GIS, VIKOR, and PROMETHEE for EVCSs.•İstanbul and 38 districts are included in the study.•Alternative EVCS locations are derived.•A total of 195 EVCS are evaluated.•5 main and 19 sub-criteria are taken into consideration. Considering the depletion of fossil fuels and the environmental impact of transport, reducing the use of such fuels is a globally accepted priority. Thus, when moving towards alternative energy types, the first will undoubtedly be electrical energy. In order to accelerate and contribute to this process, electric vehicles (EV) must be preferred over conventional motor vehicles. However, there are various problems associated with the use of EVs, such as range and recharge status. Optimal planning of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) is a solution to these problems. For this purpose, parameters affecting EVCS locations have been determined in the paper. Considering these parameters and the current EVCS locations, the most suitable alternative EVCS locations were identified using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Both the current and alternative EVCS locations were evaluated by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE), and VlseKriterijuska Optimizacija I Komoromisno Resenje (VIKOR) from multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. The results show that, in Istanbul, the southeast of the European side and the southwest of the Anatolian side were most suitable for EVCS.