THE ABILITY OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO TRANSFER FROM AN ACCELERATOR TO A PEDESTRIAN CONVEYOR IN A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME.

THIS PAPER PRESENTS AN INVESTIGATION TO ASSESS THE HUMAN ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF THOSE PARTS OF A HIGH SPEED PEDESTRIAN CONVEYOR SYSTEM WHERE PASSENGERS TRANSFER BETWEEN ACCELERATORS, OR DECELERATORS, AND CONSTANT SPEED CONVEYORS. A SIMPLE SIMULATOR IS DESCRIBED AND THE RESULTS OF A SET OF 584 RUNS, USING 337 SUBJECTS, GIVEN. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT A TRANSFER TIME OF 7 TO 8 SECONDS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC BUT THIS MAY BE REDUCED TO ABOUT 5 OF AGE. MIXING TRANSFER, SIMULTANEOUSLY ON AND OFF THE CONVEYOR IS FEASIBLE AT TRANSFER TIMES TWICE THAT FOR A ONE-WAY TRANSFER. SOME SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC ARE LIKELY TO HAVE DIFFICULTY WHEN USING HIGH SPEED PEDESTRIAN CONVEYORS AND SOME PUBLICITY ON SAFETY WILL PROBABLY BE NECESSARY. SOME ADVICE ON DETAIL DESIGN IS INCLUDED. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Aircraft Establishment /UK

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• Authors:
  • Browning, A C
• Publication Date: 1972-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 89 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerators (Devices); Conveyors; Design; Human factors engineering; Human factors engineering; Pedestrians; Safety; Simulation; Training simulators; Transfers
• Old TRIS Terms: Accelerators; Transferring
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224691
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: No Tr 7110 R&d Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 16 1974 12:00AM