ZeEUS Project Decision support tree

The ZeEUS project demonstrated electric and hybrid bus operations in ten European cities in a project which was co-funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme. Each city went through the process of designing routes, specifying and procuring vehicles and equipment, installing charging infrastructure, training staff and operating the buses.

This report provides a decision support tree based on analysis of best practice and a process evaluation in nine of the cities. It indicates factors to be taken into consideration at different stages in preparing for electric bus operation. The information is based on experiences in Barcelona, Bonn, Cagliari, Eindhoven, London, Münster, Plzen, Stockholm and Warsaw among city authorities, bus operators, transport authorities, bus manufacturers, charging infrastructure providers and energy suppliers.