New Energy Commuting Optimization under Low-Carbon Orientation: A Case Study of Xi’an Metropolitan Area

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 16; no. 23; p. 7916
• Main Authors: Dai, Xin, Ma, Tianshan, Zhou, Enyi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Aviation; Carbon dioxide; Case studies; Climate change; Coal-fired power plants; Commuting; Economic development; Electric vehicles; Emissions; Emissions (Pollution); Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Energy industry; Environmental protection; Gasoline; green travel; Local transit; low-carbon; metropolitan area; Metropolitan areas; Natural gas vehicles; new energy; Optimization; Public transportation; Roads & highways; Social change; Sustainable development; Traffic congestion; Transportation industry; Transportation planning; Urbanization; China
• ISSN: 1996-1073; 1996-1073
• DOI: 10.3390/en16237916

Low-carbon travel is an important part of low-carbon cities and low-carbon transportation, and low-carbon transportation is an inevitable choice to slow down the growth of carbon emissions in China. All countries in the world are actively promoting new energy vehicles and attach great importance to the application of the new energy industry in urban transportation. Commuting is an important part of urban life, and the choice of travel behavior has an important impact on traffic and environmental protection. Taking the Xi’an metropolitan area as an example, this paper expounds on the integrated development path of the industrial chain of new energy + travel in the metropolitan area and clarifies the energy transformation model of the integrated development of low-carbon transportation and energy. From the perspective of green and low-carbon, 1000 commuters were interviewed using a questionnaire survey, and the cumulative prospect model was used to verify the internal mechanism affecting commuters in metropolitan areas to choose new energy commuting. The results of the study show that new energy transportation modes play an important role in the low-carbon economy, and under different scenarios and assumptions, there are significant differences in the cumulative prospect values of the subway, new energy buses and fuel private cars, and corresponding optimization measures are proposed to increase the proportion of new energy commuting trips. The results will help further promote the development of a low-carbon economy and energy integration in the field of transportation and provide a reference for the sustainable development of public transportation.