The Anonymous Widower

A Lonely Electric Bus

I found this bus at its terminus by the old Barts Hospital.

It is an Alexander Dennis Enviro200ev.

They are built in Britain on a Chinese chassis from BYD.

This week, I read the obituary of Simon Norton, who was a mathematician, who had an interest in group theory and bus routes and timetables.

He could have worked out a strategy, of how to keep London’s fleet of electric buses fully charged.

Consider.

• London’s single-deck routes are generally the shorter ones, so are probably ideal for electric buses.
• My instinct is telling me, that if all small buses were to be replaced with electric ones, the tight network would show up places for charging points.
• Would some be at the end of routes and some where several routes crossed?

It would be a fun calculation.

I suspect, I would solve it using a graphical method.

March 10, 2019 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Buses, BYD, Mathematics