TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial refueling patterns of alternative-fuel and gasoline vehicle drivers in Los Angeles
AU - Kuby, Michael
AU - Kelley, Scott B.
AU - Schoenemann, Joseph
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by NSF’s Geography and Spatial Sciences Program, Project No. 1025313, and the Research Experience for Undergraduates program. The sampling and survey design was assisted by Michael McLaen of ASU’s Institute for Social Science Research. We thank Clean Energy Fuels, Trillium, and the gasoline station owners and managers for permission to survey their customers. We also acknowledge Patrick Zweifel and Jeff Martinez, who conducted the surveys in Los Angeles, and Lawrence Joseph for assistance with Business Analyst.
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - In this study, we survey about 50 consumers at each of five compressed natural gas stations in the greater Los Angeles region, and at five nearby gasoline stations as a control group. We surveyed drivers at the stations while they refueled, and asked them for their previous and next stops, the type of activities they engaged in before and after refueling, where they live, and other questions about themselves, their vehicles, and why they refueled where they did. Using geographic information systems, we calculated trade areas for each station, distance from home, and the degree to which they deviated from their shortest paths to refuel. Results confirm the willingness and/or necessity of early adopters of natural gas vehicles to refuel farther from home and more frequently in the middle of a trip, and detour farther off their least travel-time routes, than gasoline drivers. In particular, natural gas drivers show a willingness to deviate up to 6. min from their routes, and also refuel more on work-based trips and less on home-anchored trips than gasoline drivers.
AB - In this study, we survey about 50 consumers at each of five compressed natural gas stations in the greater Los Angeles region, and at five nearby gasoline stations as a control group. We surveyed drivers at the stations while they refueled, and asked them for their previous and next stops, the type of activities they engaged in before and after refueling, where they live, and other questions about themselves, their vehicles, and why they refueled where they did. Using geographic information systems, we calculated trade areas for each station, distance from home, and the degree to which they deviated from their shortest paths to refuel. Results confirm the willingness and/or necessity of early adopters of natural gas vehicles to refuel farther from home and more frequently in the middle of a trip, and detour farther off their least travel-time routes, than gasoline drivers. In particular, natural gas drivers show a willingness to deviate up to 6. min from their routes, and also refuel more on work-based trips and less on home-anchored trips than gasoline drivers.
KW - Alternative fuels
KW - Fuel choices
KW - Hybrid electric vehicles
KW - Spatial refueling patterns
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U2 - 10.1016/j.trd.2013.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.trd.2013.08.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84884217009
SN - 1361-9209
VL - 25
SP - 84
EP - 92
JO - Transportation Research, Part D: Transport and Environment
JF - Transportation Research, Part D: Transport and Environment
ER -