THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT OF A DRIVER-VEHICLE INTERFACE FOR A TRANSIT BUS COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM

Presented are the methods and findings of a study focused on the preliminary development of a driver-vehicle interface (DVI) for a transit bus frontal and side collision avoidance system (CAS). The overall approach to the projects involved tapping the expertise and experience of transit bus driving instructors and operators, and drawing on past passenger and commercial vehicle collision warning and avoidance system (CW/AS) research. Using these two sources of information, the transit bus operating environment was characterized and preliminary CAS system requirements and functions were identified. Based on an understanding of the transit bus environment and CAS functionality, an initial set of transit bus CAS DVI display concepts was generated. Recommendation for future human factors testing and evaluation of the preliminary display concepts are proposed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• 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: 19p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Driver vehicle interfaces; Human factors; Intelligent vehicles; Transit buses; Warning systems
• Identifier Terms: Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
• Uncontrolled Terms: Collision warning systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00936280
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2003 12:00AM