DRIVER-VEHICLE INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS FOR A TRANSIT BUS COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM

The paper discusses the development of driver-vehicle interface (DVI) requirements for an inner-city transit bus collision avoidance system (CAS). There were over 23,000 transit bus collisions in 1998, resulting in over 20,000 injuries. Using structured interviews with transit bus operators and naturalistic observation, the transit bus operating environment was characterized. Then, a set of CAS functional requirements was generated. Lastly, a set of human factors DVI requirements for a transit bus CAS was developed. The DVI requirements focused on the physical aspects of the display and the display's cognitive demands on the bus operator.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Transit Administration

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• Authors:
  • Reinach, S J
  • Everson, J H
• Conference:
  • Technical Information on Transit IVI Projects
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Date: 2002-10-28 to 2002-10-29
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 7p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus drivers; Bus transit; Cognition; Crash avoidance systems; Driver vehicle interfaces; Human factors; Performance based specifications; Transit buses
• Identifier Terms: Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00936265
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2003 12:00AM