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General information
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Description
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The success of several energy saving measures, including some of the most
promising ones, heavily depends on the behaviour of the drivers.
Regenerative brakes or driving advice systems do not save energy if drivers
are reluctant to use them.
The two main strategies to address this problem are
The following will be concerned with incentives.
Incentives can be
- Monetary: railway operator gives a share of the cost savings to the
driver.
- Non-monetary: Driver is rewarded in a way other than monetary, e.g. by
some company recognition (“driver of the month”…).
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General criteria
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Status of development: in use |
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Time horizon for broad application: in < 2 years |
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Expected technological development: not applicable |
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Benefits (other than environmental): none |
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Barriers: high |
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Applicability for railway segments: high |
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Type of traction: electric - DC, electric - AC, diesel
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Type of transportation: passenger - main lines, passenger - high speed, passenger - regional lines, passenger - suburban lines, freight
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Grade of diffusion into railway markets:
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Diffusion into relevant segment of fleet: not applicable |
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Share of newly purchased stock: not applicable |
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Market potential (railways): not applicable |
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Environmental criteria
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Impacts on energy efficiency:
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Energy efficiency potential for single vehicle: (no data) |
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Energy efficiency potential throughout fleet: (no data) |
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There's no reliable data on effectiveness of incentive systems. |
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Other environmental impacts: neutral |
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(no details available) |
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Economic criteria
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Vehicle - fix costs: none |
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(no details available) |
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Vehicle - running costs: (no data) |
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Incentives are economically interesting for the operator if the additional saving effect over-compensates the bonus payments. |
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Infrastructure - fix costs: none |
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(no details available) |
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Infrastructure - running costs: unchanged |
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(no details available) |
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Scale effects: none |
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(no details available) |
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Amortisation: not applicable |
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(no details available) |
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Application outside railway sector (this technology is railway specific)
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Overall rating
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Overall potential: interesting |
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Time horizon: mid-term |
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Incentives for drivers meet a number of barriers, mainly their inherent injustice due to external factors such as weather or traffic situation. This could also lead to legal problems. Due to these barriers, incentives (especially monetary ones) are difficult to realize. Nevertheless, the concept is attractive and efforts should be put into an elimination of legal or acceptance obstacles. |