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Author : Jack William Dunlap
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Human Factors in the Design of Highway Transport Equipment written by Jack William Dunlap and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harvard University. Dept. of Industrial Hygiene
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Human Factors in the Design of Highway Transport Equipment written by Harvard University. Dept. of Industrial Hygiene and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In recent years an extensive research program on highway transport safety has been in progress in the Department of Industrial Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harvard University. The primary objective has been to improve safety and efficiency in operating all types of vehicular equipment. One of our approaches has been to apply the principles of human engineering to the evaluation of current vehicles in the hope of achieving in future models a more effective integration of drivers with their equipment. A team of scientists with specialized training in the fields of experimental psychology, engineering, physiology, and physical anthropology have participated in these studies. The present report is a summary of the findings on representative trucks widely used in both the civilian and military transport services. The method used in this investigation was as follows: a comprehensive form was first drawn up for recording quantitative data relating to the various areas indicated in the Table of Contents. Detailed evaluations were then made of twelve trucks and six buses and the results made available to the companies concerned. In the present summary report each of the twelve models are referred to in the text and tables by a code number known only to the individual manufacturers. By this procedure it has been possible to analyze the extent to which standardization has been achieved, and the human requirements of the drivers satisfied."--Preface
Author : Harvard University. Dept. of Industrial Hygiene
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Human Body Size and Capabilities in the Design and Operation of Vehicular Equipment written by Harvard University. Dept. of Industrial Hygiene and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The high incidence of temporary and fatal injuries resulting from accidents on the highways constitutes a major problem in both civilian and military populations. The loss of life and incapacity from this cause, particularly among the younger age groups, is greater than from any known disease entity. Existing concepts of public health should be extended, therefore, to include safety in various fields of transportation and in industry in general. Since human factors play such an important role in the causation of accidents, it logically follows that control measures should be broadened to include contributions from the fields of preventive medicine and related biological sciences. During the past four years an extensive research program in the field of highway safety has been in progress in the Department of Industrial Hygiene at the Harvard School of Public Health. Emphasis has been placed on developing measures to improve safety in the design and operation of all types of vehicular equipment both civilian and military. A team of scientists with specialized training in engineering, experimental psychology, physiology, and physical anthropology has participated in this research program. Studies have been made in regard to the selection of drivers, health maintenance, operating practices, and design of equipment. The primary objective has been to reduce the high frequency of accidents, lower training and operating costs, and prevent the extensive redesign of equipment after it is put into use. The first report, entitled Human Factors in Highway Transport Safety, should be consulted for the details of this investigation. One phase of the research program outlined above was concerned with the extent to which trucks and buses and other types of vehicular equipment had been designed to meet the human requirements of the operators. A detailed evaluation was made of fourteen trucks and six buses from the point of view of human engineering. The purpose of the study was to determine whether an effective integration had been achieved between drivers and their equipment and whether some accidents resulted from defective designs. A summary evaluation, entitled Human Factors in the Design of Highway Transport Equipment, presents the results of this study."--Preface
Author : Harvard University. Department of Industrial Hygiene
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Human Factors in Highway Transport Safety written by Harvard University. Department of Industrial Hygiene and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In an attempt to discover some of the less obvious or hidden causes of these accidents and to suggest appropriate corrective measures, a research project was initiated in the field of highway transport safety at the Harvard School of Public Health in the fall of 1949. Primary emphasis was to be placed on the role of human factors in the prevention of accidents. When the project was begun it was apparent that accidents were caused by a combination of circumstances which involved the drivers, their equipment, and the operating conditions on the highways. This implied that a team of scientists, with specialized training in the fields of safety engineering, psychology, physiology, anthropology, and preventive medicine should participate in the study. Such an interdisciplinary approach is characteristic of schools of public health, and the one at Harvard seemed to be a particularly appropriate place for a program of this type. Extensive study and research, as applied to aviation and other industrial fields, had already been carried out in its Department of Industrial Hygiene. Here also were to be found the various academic disciplines necessary to the solution of the broad problems influencing health and safety in highway transportation. In this research program which has been undertaken in the field of highway transport safety, four separate studies have now been completed. The subject matter of the present, or third, study has been divided into five major areas as indicated in the following Table of Contents. The introductory section, Part I, gives a brief outline of the importance of accidents in general, and of highway accidents in particular. The various approaches for the reduction of accidents in the truck and bus industries are also presented. The following four parts of the report relate to: Part Il. The Selection of Drivers, Part Ill. Human Maintenance, Part IV. Human Factors in the Design of Equipment, and Part V. Operating Procedures and Accidents. The original research findings from this investigation on highway transport safety have been integrated with previously published studies throughout the report. A selected bibliography is given at the end of each chapter for reference purposes. A glossary of terms frequently used in the highway transport industry and in the biological sciences, as well as a general topical index, are included at the end of the report."--Preface
Author : John L. Campbell
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 0309154693
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems written by John L. Campbell and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2010 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NCHRP report 600 explores human factors principles and findings for consideration by highway designers and traffic engineers. The report is designed to help the nonexpert in human factors to consider more effectively the roadway user's capabilities and limitations in the design and operation of highway facilities.
Author : John L. Campbell
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 0309117518
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems written by John L. Campbell and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2008 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NCHRP report 600 explores human factors principles and findings for consideration by highway designers and traffic engineers. The report is designed to help the nonexpert in human factors to consider more effectively the roadway user's capabilities and limitations in the design and operation of highway facilities.
Author : Jan Theeuwes
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317152131
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Designing Safe Road Systems written by Jan Theeuwes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books focus on individual differences and how those relate to traffic safety such as accident proneness, gender differences, age, alcohol, and the effects of drugs. Others focus on the safety effects regarding the vehicle such as airbags, anti-lock brakes, navigation systems, intelligent cruise control and other new gadgets coming to the vehicle. Even though these topics are undoubtedly important for traffic safety, this book takes a unique approach as it focuses solely on the road environment. Designing Safe Road Systems provides the background for those who want to know more about the effects of road design on driving behaviour. It uses a systems approach to allow a better understanding of why and in what circumstances drivers may commit errors. This understanding will ultimately lead to road systems that prevent (fatal) errors from occurring. The book contains an overview of the current models and theories about human performance and human behaviour in traffic that are relevant for all those involved in designing safe road systems. The central theme of this book is how design principles can reduce the probability of an error while driving. The authors demonstrate how knowledge of human factors helps a road authority to better understand how road users behave. They argue that in many cases the design of the environment can be further adjusted to human capabilities, and that safety should be considered a system property to be built into the road system.
Author : Gemma J. M. Read
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317115260
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Integrating Human Factors Methods and Systems Thinking for Transport Analysis and Design written by Gemma J. M. Read and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments and road safety agencies around the world have either introduced or are considering 'safe system' strategies, a long overdue acknowledgement that different elements of the road system contribute to road safety outcomes. Human factors approaches have a leading role here in both conceptualising the road system as a complex sociotechnical system and in providing practical approaches to support true systems-based countermeasures. This book illustrates the potential for integrating contemporary systems-based human factors methods with modern day driving-assessment methods, such as vehicle instrumentation and driving simulation, to understand and enhance performance in modern day road-transport systems. The book outlines why a fundamental paradigm shift is needed in the way these systems are designed and operated, and illustrates how a wide range of accepted human-factors approaches can be applied successfully to road transport to revolutionise the countermeasure design process. The practical illustrations of these human factors methods are applied to a long-standing road and rail safety issue: rail level crossings, where the road and rail systems intersect. The final chapter of the book highlights the utility of the human factors approach to reducing road trauma and discusses future applications of the approach.
Author : R. Fuller
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080434124
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Human Factors for Highway Engineers written by R. Fuller and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-02-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we design a road or highway or transport system so as to provide both a high level of mobility and a high level of safety? This book looks at how the science of human behaviour can provide answers on improving highway design.
Author : Ross Armstrong McFarland
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Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Human Variables in the Design and Operation of Highway Transport Equipment written by Ross Armstrong McFarland and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Candida Castro
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0203457412
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)
Download or read book The Human Factors of Transport Signs written by Candida Castro and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-04-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ubiquitous nature of transport signs on roadways, railways, and in airports can lead to an overload of visual information, yet little research has been done to understand the design and use of such signs from a driver‘s perspective. The Human Factors of Transport Signs explores key transport sign research and examines new technologies
Author : Harvard University. Department of Industrial Hygiene
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Human Factors in the Design of Trucks written by Harvard University. Department of Industrial Hygiene and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Woodrow Barfield
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317781104
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Human Factors in Intelligent Transportation Systems written by Woodrow Barfield and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program is a cooperative effort by government, private industry, and academia to apply advanced technology to the task of resolving the problems of surface transportation. The objective is to improve travel efficiency and mobility, enhance safety, conserve energy, provide economic benefits, and protect the environment. The current demand for mobility has exceeded the available capacity of the roadway system. Because the highway system cannot be expanded, except in minor ways, the available capacity must be used more efficiently to handle the increased demand. ITS applies advanced information processing, communication, sensing, and computer control technologies to the problems of surface transportation. Considerable research and development efforts will be required to produce these new technologies and to convert technologies developed in the defense and space programs to solve surface transportation problems. ITS has been subdivided into six interlocking technology areas. This book addresses human factors concerns for four of these areas: * Advanced Traveler Information Systems are a variety of systems that provide real time, in-vehicle information to drivers regarding navigation and route guidance, motorist services, roadway signing, and hazard warnings. * Advanced Vehicle Control Systems refer to systems that aid drivers in controlling their vehicle particularly in emergency situations and ultimately taking over some or all of the driving tasks. * Commercial Vehicle Operations address the application of ITS technologies to the special needs of commercial roadway vehicles including automated vehicle identification, location, weigh-in-motion, clearance sensing, and record keeping. * Advanced Traffic Management Systems monitor, control and manage traffic on streets and highways to reduce congestion using vehicle route diversion, automated signal timing, changeable message signs, and priority control systems. Two technical areas are not specifically addressed in individual chapters, but many aspects of them are covered in associated chapters: * Advanced Rural Transportation Systems include systems that apply ITS technologies to the special needs of rural systems and include emergency notification and response, vehicle location, and traveler information. * Advanced Public Transportation Systems enhance the effectiveness, attractiveness and economics of public transportation and include fleet management, automated fare collection, and real-time information systems.
Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
Publisher : Transportation Research Board National Research
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Human Factors and Safety Research Related to Highway Design and Operation, 1990 written by National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board and published by Transportation Research Board National Research. This book was released on 1990 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House
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Total Pages : 3358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 3358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 624 pages
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Download or read book Human Factors Engineering Bibliographic Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald L. Fisher
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351979809
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Human Factors for Automated, Connected, and Intelligent Vehicles written by Donald L. Fisher and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-05-31 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Human Factors for Automated, Connected, and Intelligent Vehicles Subject Guide: Ergonomics & Human Factors Automobile crashes are the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, resulting in over 1.25 million deaths yearly. Automated, connected, and intelligent vehicles have the potential to reduce crashes significantly, while also reducing congestion, carbon emissions, and increasing accessibility. However, the transition could take decades. This new handbook serves a diverse community of stakeholders, including human factors researchers, transportation engineers, regulatory agencies, automobile manufacturers, fleet operators, driving instructors, vulnerable road users, and special populations. It provides information about the human driver, other road users, and human–automation interaction in a single, integrated compendium in order to ensure that automated, connected, and intelligent vehicles reach their full potential. Features Addresses four major transportation challenges—crashes, congestion, carbon emissions, and accessibility—from a human factors perspective Discusses the role of the human operator relevant to the design, regulation, and evaluation of automated, connected, and intelligent vehicles Offers a broad treatment of the critical issues and technological advances for the designing of transportation systems with the driver in mind Presents an understanding of the human factors issues that are central to the public acceptance of these automated, connected, and intelligent vehicles Leverages lessons from other domains in understanding human interactions with automation Sets the stage for future research by defining the space of unexplored questions
