Rail human factors : supporting reliability, safety and cost reduction.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dadashi, Nastaran, editor.

Mills, Ann, editor.

Wilson, John R., editor.

Scott, Anita, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroad engineering.

Railroads--Safety measures.

Railroads.

Transportation engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (762 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Boca Raton] : CRC Press, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rail human factors/ergonomics community has grown quickly and extensively, and there is much increased recognition of the vital importance of ergonomics/human factors by rail infrastructure owners, rail operating companies, system developers, regulators and national and trans-national government. This book, the fourth on rail human factors, is drawn from papers presented at the London 4th International Conference on Rail Human Factors.

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Passengers and station; Using technology to improve the efficient use of rail stations; Guidelines for the design and evaluation of railway warning signs for young children; Station wayfinding - practical experience and the way forward; Level crossing & bridges; What does it all mean? Road user comprehension of signs and signals at public road level crossings; Decision-making at level crossings - should a decision point marker be provided?; Checking for trains: An on-road study of what drivers actually do at level crossings

Can you tame a level crossing? Results from a driving simulator based paradigm An innovative information gathering and data analysis platform for railway level crossing safety data; Reducing the number and impact of railway underline bridge strikes; Suicide; Developing methodology in restrail for the preliminary evaluation of preventative measures for railway suicide and trespass; Musculoskeletal Disorder and cab design; Musculoskeletal Disorder risk assessment tool for train drivers; A driver-centred driver's safety device

Static anthropometry measures of tram drivers in Bosnia & Herzegovina important for tram control panel design Driver advisory system and automation; Human factor challenges in the development of a Driver Advisory System for regional passenger trains; Automation effects in train driving with train protectionsy stems - assessing person- and task-related factors; Designing train Driver Advisory Systems for situation awareness; The state of the information environment of the crew's cabin according to progress of systematisation; ERTMS

A comparative cognitive task analysis of the different forms of driving in the UK rail system Bridging the gap between technology and adoption: A case study; A method for assessing drivability for ETCS cab retrofit; Investigating the effects of the ERTMS driver machine interface on train driver behaviour and railway safety; Metro; The implications of automation on human intervention at London Underground; Human factors for the London Underground stations upgrade programme; The observatron: Collecting task time data using a bespoke software application

Meeting the challenges of Human Factors Integration in a multi-stage project to re-signal and re-control a metro Fitting a Jubilee line shaped peg into a Northern line shaped hole; Applying current alarm management guidance for a 21st century railway; Developing a tram driver route learning training simulator for Manchester's Metrolink Trams; Amsterdam Metro cab: Ergonomics in the design, verification and validation process; Reflections on the progress and lessons learnt from implementing human factors in MTR Corporation operations division; Managing the risks associated with a basic yet critical maintenance operation in the Paris metro workshops

Notes:

"A Balkema book"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 21, 2015).

ISBN:

9781135018016

1135018014

9780429212598

0429212593

9781138424852

1138424854

9781138000377

113800037X

OCLC:

1080584625