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| For all those energy saving measures requiring an active co-operation of the drivers, incentive systems could increase their acceptance and effectiveness. Incentives can be monetary or non-monetary. |
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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
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General criteria | ||||
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Status of development: in use | ||
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Drivers incentives have a long tradition. In the era of steam locomotives, coal bonuses were given to drivers who used less than average amounts of coal. Nowadays, monetary incentives are discussed but meet wide-spread scepticism on the part of operators. | ||
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Time horizon for broad application: in < 2 years | ||
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(no details available) | ||
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Expected technological development: not applicable | ||
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Motivation: | |||
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Energy saving. | ||
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Benefits (other than environmental): none | ||
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Barriers: high | ||
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Injustice Main obstacle lies in injustices (relevant factors that cannot be influenced by drivers) that are difficult to eliminate. A driver may lose his/her bonus due to
Legal barriers The above mentioned (and other issues) can cause a number of legal problems. Metering equipment Drivers can only be rewarded for energy savings if energy consumption is measured. In the case of diesel traction this is usually not a problem, but in electric traction metering equipment is required. |
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Success factors: | |||
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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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Example: | |||
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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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Economic criteria | ||||
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Vehicle - fix costs: none | ||
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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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Infrastructure - running costs: unchanged | ||
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Scale effects: none | ||
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Amortisation: not applicable | ||
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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. | ||
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| Related projects: EnergieSparen (Energy saving); Contest Energy optimisation of "Metropolitan" trains |
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 date created: 2002-10-09 |
| © UIC - International Union of Railways 2003 |
