Clustering and smoothing using real data collected from city buses to extract the driving ‎cycle in Kermanshah city

Each driving cycle designed to monitor fuel consumption, vehicle emissions, and the specific driving patterns of a region is created to facilitate better planning and enhancement of local standards. In this study, the Real Driving Emissions (RDE) method, regarded as one of the most precise techniques for determining driving cycles, was employed. To gather the necessary data, GPS from mobile phones was utilized while traveling on city buses through the streets of Kermanshah. This data collection included recording speed, acceleration, duration of constant speed, deceleration, altitude, number of braking events, and the duration of stops along the route from origin to destination. The research employed the clustering of real city data and the K-means method to derive the driving cycle for Kermanshah’s city buses. Analyzing the collected data reveals that bus drivers in Kermanshah tend to avoid rapid acceleration and high constant speeds, leading to reduced fuel consumption in the city bus cycle, indicating that this behavior is intentional and aimed at this goal.