Overview
ISO 37182:2022 - Smart community infrastructures: Smart transportation for fuel efficiency and pollution emission reduction in bus transportation services - provides criteria to organize and implement smart transportation measures that reduce fuel consumption and pollutant emissions from engine‑driven buses. The standard promotes practical, data‑driven improvements using digitalized tachographs and crew reports to evaluate driver behaviour, improve driving skills, and stabilize the financial performance of bus services. ISO Guide 82 and sustainability goals (SDGs) are considered in the document.
Key topics and requirements
- Scope and objective: Focuses on engine‑driven buses and aims at fuel efficiency, pollutant emission reduction (GHG, NOx/SOx, particles) and financial stabilization of bus services.
- Data collection: Use of digitalized tachographs (on‑board digital records of driving) combined with crew reports to create a daily driving report for each work schedule.
- Adoption procedure (clause 5.3): Steps include tachograph data transfer, submission of crew reports, automated evaluation of driving manners, feedback to drivers, and confirmation of fuel‑consumption reductions.
- Driver evaluation: Quantitative evaluation of driving practices by analysing deviations from monitoring parameters and allowable ranges (see clauses 5.4 and 5.5). Supervisors may apply weighting to emphasise critical route sections.
- Continuous improvement: Guidance on advising drivers, improving driving skills, and maintaining quality of smart transportation systems (clause 6).
- Supporting materials: Annex A illustrates effectiveness; Annex B provides an example daily driving report (tachograph + crew report + evaluation results).
- Normative references: None; terminology and committee work referenced (ISO/TC 268).
Practical applications
- Implementing telematics and operational controls to reduce fuel use and lower fleet emissions in city, inter‑city and BRT services.
- Establishing performance monitoring programs for transit operators and fleet managers to quantify driver impact on fuel and emissions.
- Designing incentive, training and feedback systems for drivers based on objective tachograph and crew report data.
- Informing policy and procurement decisions for municipal transport authorities seeking sustainable, cost‑effective bus operations.
Who should use this standard
- City planners and transport authorities
- Public and private bus operators and fleet managers
- Intelligent transport systems (ITS) vendors and telematics integrators
- Sustainability officers and policy makers focused on urban mobility and emissions reduction
- Driver training and operations supervisors
Related standards and context
- Developed by ISO/TC 268 (Sustainable cities and communities); aligns with multiple UN SDGs (including SDG 7, 11, 12, 13). For terminology, see ISO Online Browsing Platform. Use ISO 37182:2022 when building smart, data‑driven programmes for fuel efficiency and pollution reduction in bus transportation services.