HUMAN FACTORS EVALUATION OF TRANSBUS BY THE ELDERLY

One of the design goals of the Transbus Program is to provide transportation for the elderly and the handicapped. Tests evaluated the design features of Prototype Bus in comparison to the baseline of a current production bus. Findings from these tests served as a key input to the development of specifications for production. This human factors test program consisted of test subjects (33 elderly volunteers), three prototype Transbuses and a General Motors New Look, Chicago version Transbus, that served as a human factors baseline for comparison with the other three prototype Transbuses. The test results showed mobility (getting on and off a bus) to be the highest preference score for the elderly. The elderly gave a high rating to the GM prototype for passenger assists, and low rating to the AM General and Rohr because both buses lacked vertical assists in the front of the bus and in the lounge area.

• Corporate Authors:

  Booz-Allen Applied Research, Incorporated

  4733 Bethesda Avenue
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20014

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1976-5-28

Media Info

• Pagination: 103 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Buses; Evaluation; Human factors; Human factors engineering; Mobility; Persons with disabilities; Safety engineering; Specifications; Tests; Urban transportation; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: Transbus
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153968
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-IT-06-0025-77-2, Transbus-TR-76-002
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-10008
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 17 1981 12:00AM