2015-04-07 Item 2 - Attachment 1 - Pre feasibility Study of Electric Bus Routes

                                                                                    Distance        Number of
Description
                                                                                    (km)            Trips
repositioning/layovers, etc.


3.5     Layover, storage and maintenance facilities
Options for the electric bus to layover between trips with a quick recharging station and for
secure overnight storage and maintenance activity were identified and assessed.

3.5.1      Layover locations

Two layover options at Tewantin near the Council office in Pelican Street and at Noosa
Junction bus station were identified. The location for the layover and recharging station in
Pelican Street at Tewantin is shown in Figure 8. This site is convenient for the western
terminus of Route 627 to use and has minimal impact on on-street car parking with
approximately three (3) car parking spaces to be removed in Pelican Street. This location is
located close to the western terminus of Route 627 at Tewantin.
Figure 8      Terminus in Pelican Street at Tewantin




Potential layover terminus in Pelican Street in          On-street parking spaces to be removed for electric bus
front of the Noosa Council offices                       layover area (Google maps image)

The location for the layover at the Noosa Junction bus station is shown in Figure 9. This site
is not at the terminus of Route 627 so a recharging station would have to be for a quick
charge only so as not to inconvenience customers on board the bus travelling beyond Noosa
Junction.
Noosa Junction is not a suitable location for a charging station because it would not be a
“terminus” or layover location for the Route 627 which terminates at Sunshine Beach or
Tewantin. It would be more costly to hold a bus at Noosa Junction that is at a midpoint on
the trip. Also, the configuration of the layover at Noosa Junction is “off line”, i.e., the bus
must loop around to access it away from the street. It is not as convenient as an “in-line” or
on-street charging station (say at Tewantin) where the bus simply pulls around to the first
stop.




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