Transport projects influencing behaviour in Greece

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Transport projects influencingbehaviour in
Greece
Louiza PAPAMIKROULI CRES
EnR WG Behaviour Helsinki, 15 - 16 May 2006
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National Climate Change Programme

• Running 2000 -2010
• Specific provisions for transport
• Measures concerning vehicles. energy-efficiency
  improvements through the maintenance of private
  cars and light duty trucks. (consumption can be
  reduced by 2 per vehicle)
• Measures concerning fuels used in transport.
  Introduction of 550 additional CNG buses in
  Athens area as well as the use of bio fuels for
  transport
• Transport management. (a) gradual increase of the
  transport share of public means of
  transportation, (b) the improvements in road
  signalling that can lead to energy conservation
  of 0.83.5 and (c) the promotion of
  non-technical measures in favour of road public
  transport (e.g. bus-lanes).

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Legislation

• Joint Ministerial Decision 90364 (01/2002)
• implements the EU Council Directive 1999/94/EC
• introduction of fuel consumption and CO2
  emissions, label for new cars
• ensure that information relating to the fuel
  economy and CO2 emissions of new passenger cars
  is available to enable consumers to make an
  informed choice

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Transport trends

• Final energy consumption by transport sector
  7460 ktoe (10th in EU-25)
• Low railway density, dependence on road
  transport for passengers/freight.
• High motorization growth rate 331 cars per
  1000 inhabitants in 2002 (EU- 25 463)
• Retail price of unleaded petrol (tax inclusive)
  1,04 euro per litre

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CRES Projects

• In relation to influencing behaviour in transport
  related activities

• ECODRIVING
• TREATISE
• STARBUS
• ECODRIVEN
• E-TREAM

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ECODRIVING

• TITLE ECODRIVING
• START April 2001 (36 months)
• CO-ORDINATOR AEA
• AIMS
• to accelerate the establishment of a European
  market for training lessons in an Economic
  driving style
• to integrate ECO DRIVING in the driving licence
  curricula in European countries
• Was built upon the experience of Finnish, Swiss
  and Dutch national programmes

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ECODRIVING PILOT ACTION

• Pilot action in collaboration with the
  Organization of Urban Transportation of Athens
  (OASA), and the Thermo-Bus Company (ETHEL)
• AIM to change the urban bus drivers behaviour
  towards a more economical and ecological driving
  style, through adequate training courses of small
  bus drivers group.
• TRAINING COURSE
• A Monitoring system was installed on two selected
  buses for two specific routes, to record the data
  prior to the initiation of the training courses.
• The data gathered was used for comparison
  reasons, so that any shift in bus drivers
  driving behavior could be calculated.
• RESULTS
• The decrease in fuel consumption and emissions
  (10,4 average reduction in fuel consumption for
  driving in the same route )
• The improvement of road safety and transport
  comfort for drivers and passengers
• The decrease in maintenance cost.

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TREATISE

• TITLE Training in environmental transport
• START January 2005 (30 months)
• CO-ORDINATOR EST (UK)
• AIM providing training in relation to
• Cleaner Fuels Vehicles
• Ecodriving
• Mobility Management
• DELIVERABLES
• Reference manuals on each of the three subjects
  listed above
• An ecodriving simulator that uses a pc-based
  game to teach users to drive more efficiently
• A green fleet management tool that allows fleet
  managers to input details of their fleet and
  then provides advice about how the fleet could
  be greener

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TREATISE - Ecodriving Virtual Trainer

• PC-based ecodriving training course easily
  installed serves as an appetiser (can be used as
  a give-away)
• takes the driver through an innovative ride
  through a city, countryside and motorways
• helps drivers learn to apply the rules of
  ecodriving, e.g. shifting up as soon as possible
  or decelerating smoothly by releasing the
  accelerator in time, leaving the car in gear
• Drivers are asked to start by driving the course
  in their usual style and then to drive the same
  course whilst applying ecodriving techniques.
  This demonstrates how much fuel is saved by
  ecodriving.

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STARBUS

• TITLE Solution Tool for All networks, Clean
  Buses For Europe, Bus Evaluations and
  Comparisons Tool
• START January 2006 (36 months)
• CO ORDINATOR ADEME
• AIMS overcoming barriers for promoting
  alternative fuels, and best adapted technology or
  fuel for a given bus network.
• Developing a software tool that will calculate
  all emissions (pollutants, GHG, noise, other to
  be determined) in real conditions
• Testing the software in real conditions, by
  future users (bus networks cities) allowing it
  to make recommendations to policy makers

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ECODRIVEN

• TITLE European Campaign on improving driving
  behaviour, Energy efficiency and traffic
  behaviour
• START January 2006 (36 months)
• CO-ORDINATOR SenterNovem
• AIMS a synchronised European-wide ecodriving
  campaign
• avoid 0.5 Mton of CO2 emissions until 2010
  through optimised driving behaviour
• involve across Europe at least 500,000 drivers
  of passenger cars, delivery vans, lorries and
  buses
• reach an additional 2,000,000 drivers through
  publicity and media attention
• establish a European-wide network of local and
  regional collaboration between local actors and
  local departments and outlets of relevant
  national and international companies (amongst
  others Ford, BP, the FIA and Profile
  International)

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E-TREAM

• TITLE e-learning for training Energy Agencies
  in mobility management and alternative fuels
  
• START January 2006 (32 months)
• CO ORDINATOR B.S.U. Beratungs- und
  Service-Gesellschaft Umwelt
• AIMS Development and implementation of an
  e-learning platform for Energy Agencies
  containing training modules in mobility
  management and alternative fuels
• Development and implementation of new transport
  related services at every participating Energy
  Agency
• Support of the users and the participating
  Agencies by an experienced Expert Board
• Mobilisation of local and regional actors for
  the implementation of new projects in the
  mobility sector in co-operation with the
  participating Energy Agencies

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Ecocity

• Private initiative relating to altering behaviour
  and adopting alternative modes of transport
• endorsed by the Ministry of Transport, the
  Ministry of education and the ministry of
  Development.
• actions supported by numerous agents as well as
  industry players (e.g. TOYOTA, JET OIL)

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Ecocity - transport

• Ecodriving progrmme
• Raising awareness among 14-15 years old and as a
  consequence raising the awareness of local
  societies
• Started in 2003 (running yearly)
• 3 phases
• 27 highschools prepare their projects (Oct
  Jan)
• Present them to local societies and project
  committee (Feb- March) who evaluates them and
  select them for the final phase
• Evaluation and awards (April May)
• AWARDS
• Winning team one week trip in Brussels
• Special merits participation in the ECOCAMP
  (seven day environmental camp in Kalavryta)