The effects of the ride environment on intercity train passenger activities

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• Creators:
  Wichansky, Anna M.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Passenger comfort
  • Ride quality
  • Intercity transportation
  • Reading
  • Noise
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Eastern States
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors
• Abstract:
  The ability to perform activities such as reading, writing, ; talking, and sleeping has frequently been cited in the ; ride quality literature as an important factor in passengers' ; comfort and satisfaction with transportation systems. A field ; study of passenger activities on intercity trains was conducted ; to quantify and describe the relationships between the ; relative frequencies of various passenger behaviors and the ; physical parameters of ride quality. Vibration in six degrees ; of freedom, acoustic noise, temperature, relative humidity and illumination were measured while simultaneous observations of passenger activity were made aboard 77 Amtrak vehicles on ; 14 trains between Newark, NJ and Washington, DC.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8585/dot_8585_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 985.96 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:be053725fdaed0a8dc9accb1b0d120c673c4a62b570a1d762db9a99de3a32028