TRANSIT VEHICLE DESIGN AND RIDER SATISFACTION

AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO IDENTIFY THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING URBAN TRANSIT PASSENGER IRRITATIONS AND TO PROPOSE A SOLUTION PROVIDING INCREASED INDEPENDECE AND SATISFACTION WITHOUT SHIFTING TO A SYSTEM OF "MINI-VEHICLES" AT GREAT CAPITAL COST. WITHIN CURRENT VEHICULAR CAPACITIES (40-150 PASSENGERS) INNOVATIONS IN INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS APPEAR LIMITED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ELIMINATING SOURCES OF STRESS. A SEATING PLAN WITH DIAGONAL AXIS WILL PROVIDE A RELIEF FROM THE BAFFLE IN FLOW OF AISLE MOVEMENT AND A POSITION OF RELATIVE INDEPENDENCE FOR THE HERETOFORE VULNERABLE SEATED PASSENGER. A LOGICAL MOVE WOULD BE THE TESTING OF THESE PRINCIPLES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL INSERVICE VEHICLE ALONG WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND DESIGN OF MINI-VEHICLE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 4, No 1, PP 6-10
• Corporate Authors:

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  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Moorhead, R
  • Lepper, R
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Urban & Social Change Review
  • Publisher: N/A

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axles; Design; Internal forces; Jitneys; Passengers; Seats; Vehicle capacity; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Baffles
• Old TRIS Terms: Minivehicle systems; Seating plan
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223405
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 2003 12:00AM