Objectives
- Increase quality of procurement with environmental requirements, thereby extend the awareness for "green” technologies and strategies in the regional rail transport
- Create a European expert community and discussion process concerning environmental standards in regional rail transport to create a sector-wide know-how transfer
- Commitment of PTAs of the relevant Member States to an anti-cipatory strategy of procurement and awarding
The objectives shall lead to the following expected results:
Quantitative energy and CO2 emission savings:
- 5% in comparison to current awarding
- 10% with regard to the currently used rolling stock
- In the long term: System-wide improvement of energy effi-ciency for regional railways by 15% by 2020
Scope of dissemination:
- Number of administrations/companies participating in the User Platform: 10 PTA's and 10 TOC's from at least 5 different countries
- Number of administrations/companies participating in at least one of the dissemination events: 20 PTA's and 20 TOC's from at least 8 different countries; at least 5 vehicle suppliers
- 4 agreements with PTA's on the energy efficiency and CO2 targets
