Impacts of a Green Driving Application in City Buses

The impacts of a green driving application were assessed in city bus traffic as part of the TeleFOT project. Specifically, the purpose of the study was to assess the impacts on fuel consumption, speeding and passenger comfort. The test subjects were city bus drivers working for the Nobina transport operator on the frequently operated Jokeri route in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The main result of the study shows that use of a green driving application significantly reduces fuel consumption and speeding. New users of the system drove more economically than those who had used it longer. Fuel saving by new users in peak traffic was 2.7 l/100 km for the whole route and as much as 5.4 l/100 km for one section. In addition to savings on fuel, the application encouraged driving within the speed limit. The main conclusion is therefore that use of a green driving application is beneficial even after years of use for reducing both fuel consumption and speeding. The authors recommend that drivers be regularly encouraged to use the system and that green driving be included in driver training.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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• Authors:
  • Sihvola, Niina
  • Innamaa, Satu
  • Penttinen, Merja
• Conference:
  • 19th ITS World Congress
  • Location: Vienna , Austria
  • Date: 2012-10-22 to 2012-10-26
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: CD-ROM; Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: 19th ITS World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 22 to 26 October 2012

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Bus traffic; Driver training; Fuel consumption; Passenger comfort; Speeding; Sustainable transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Impact assessment
• Geographic Terms: Helsinki (Finland)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I15: Environment; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01499006
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 21 2013 9:14AM