User-Centered Design for Railroad Automation: Phase I

Details

• Creators:
  Cowen, Michael B. ; Haaren, Michael H. ; Harris, Steve D. ; Brooks, James D. ; Seenumani, Gayathri
• Corporate Creators:
  Monterey Technologies, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • User interfaces
  • Design methods
  • Railroad transportation
  • Automation
  • Human factors
  • Alertness
  • Methodology
  • Locomotive operations
  • User-centered design
  • railroad automation
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Contracting Officer:
  Michael E. Jones
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development & Technology
• Abstract:
  This document is the final report for Phase I of a two-phase research project, “User-Centered Design for Railroad Automation (UCD-Rail),” to develop and demonstrate an improved interface between human operators and advanced automation in rail systems. Applying user-centered design methodology, Phase I offers a new rail systems user interface concept called the Automation Awareness Assistant (A3). A3 will improve human operator situation awareness of automated rail functionality and suggest what actions to take if a possible system failure is detected, especially under conditions of high operator workload. A3 will be designed for locomotive cabs, but the A3 user interface concept can be applied and extended to other related rail and transportation systems.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  693JJ622C000016
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/89899/dot_89899_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.70 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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