Annual Report 2012/2013 5.09 MB - Nobina AB

RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSNOBINA IS A MEMBER OF THE FOLLOW-ING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS:Our approach is that dialogues and feedback frompassengers, PTAs, employees and other stakeholdersshould influence our behaviour, yet still enableus to adhere to our values and achieve our longtermgoals.• The Swedish Bus and Coach EmployersAssociation (BUA)• The Swedish Bus and Coach Federation(BR)• The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise(Svenskt Näringsliv)• X2AB• The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce• The Finnish Bus and Coach Association(LAL)• The Finnish Employers’ Federation ofRoad Transport (ALT)• Danish Industry NHO Transport• Forhandlingsutvalget (a Norwegian negotiationsassociation)• Norwegian Industrial Policy Committee• NHO TransportWITH A HIGHER DEGREE OF FREEDOM, YOU GET MOREPUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR THE MONEYAt Traffic Forum 2013, researchers from Linköping Universitypresented a study that was conducted on behalf ofNobina, to evaluate the environmental effects of tenderingmodels that allow the operator to plan resource use suchthat it is aligned with the actual needs. The study wasbased on Nobina’s bus operations in Skaraborg and Kallhäll,outside Stockholm. The results show that it is possibleto reduce emissions by almost half when the traffic companyis given the freedom to use smaller vehicles, or use acombination of vehicle sizes. It also improves the planningconditions for services provided on different routes. Withless micromanagement, it is also possible to get more publictransport for the money. When traffic companies areallowed to make the right vehicle choices, based on theirown experience and adapted to demand, the benefits tosociety increase. However, this requires giving them ahigher degree of freedom than what is currently allowedin current public tendering of bus services.49