ISO 37161:2020 pdf download – Smart community infrastructures – Guidance on smart transportation for energy saving in transportation services
4.2.1 General
For successful energy saving through smart transportation, transportation organizations and structures should be studied in order to properly introduce smart transportation in suitable locations in transportation systems. Transportation in cities and city zones consists of single carriers, independent service lines, local transportation systems and/or large transportation networks. Thus, energy-saving options can be adopted in all of these elements as well as in entire transportation systems. Besides transportation system route extents, the energy to be saved is not necessarily only the energy consumed by running transportation vehicles but also that used indirectly or additionally for vehicle operation. This includes the energy used for lighting, air-conditioning, passenger access assistance equipment in stations, ticketing and ticket inspection systems, passenger addressing systems, vehicle accommodation, transportation operation and maintenance systems (e.g. signalling, communication, powering and safety systems, all being work done at maintenance facilities and on service lines) and waste disposal and recycling of batteries if sustainable and economically viable.
6.2.1 General
To save transportation energy, as mentioned in 4.2, the target section/line/area where smart transportation for energy saving is introduced depends on the situation or goals of the city or city zone. The geographical extent of smart transportation introduced will range from a single carrier or independent service line/section to a local service area or a large transportation network. The extent of the planned energy saving will depend on how many energy-saving options are applied.
6.3 Adoption of energy-saving options
When only one energy-saving option is applied, it is simply adopted in the targeted single carriers, independent service lines, local transportation service areas and/or large transportation networks. More than one option can be applied in the same way as when adopting a single option. In this case, two or more options should be applied by individually optimizing respective options and re-optimizing inter-operationally if necessary. When energy-saving options are adopted not in a single carrier or independent service line but in local transportation systems and/or large transportation networks, the applied option should be optimized in the same way as when more than one option is applied.
6.4 Conformation of the performance of smart transportation after introduction
6.4.1 General
The system of smart transportation for energy saving should be regularly monitored to determine whether transportation energy is still saved by smart transportation and where it is improved, by confirming that adopted energy-saving options are individually working. When more than one energy- saving option is applied, monitoring should be organized by following the procedure designated in 7.2. It should be noted that some individual options could have a negative impact if not well planned.
7.3 Modification of smart transportation
When no change is found in the value of the parameters designated in 7.2, the conditions of the energy- saving options, not on the principle but on the procedure, including technical parameter values, should be changed. In this case, the smart transportation conditions can be corrected by confirming anything unexpected at planning or any irregularities due to specific local situations in the area where smart transportation was introduced. The current conditions of the smart transportation system can be modified by making sure that irregular conditions are acceptable.