Comfort and Safety as Perceived by Wheelchair-Seated Bus Passengers
Wheelchair-seated passengers on European and Swedish urban transit buses can travel rearwards, resting against a bulkhead, without the use of tie-down equipment. However, users sometimes disapprove of being the only passengers who have to travel rearwards, and also unrestrained. In order to investigate comfort and safety as perceived by wheelchair-seated bus passengers riding either forwards or rearwards, an experimental field study was carried out. Participating subjects were 31 wheelchair users and a group of 44 ambulant passengers. Each subject made two consecutive, identical 15-minute trips, randomly beginning either forwards or backwards, and interviews were conducted after each trip. During the trips, three-axis bus motion was recorded. The concept of categorization was used as a theoretical background and basis for discussion of the comfort and safety constructs. The results indicated that while the majority preferred the forward-facing position regarding comfort issues, a minority felt that the level of perceived safety was better. Wheelchair-seated passengers were more positive towards the rearward position than the ambulant group.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission from Taylor and Francis
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Authors:
- Wretstrand, Anders
- Publication Date: 2007-4
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 205-224
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Serial:
- Transportation Planning and Technology
- Volume: 30
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- ISSN: 0308-1060
- Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gtpt20/current
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Field studies; Passenger comfort; Passengers; Persons with disabilities; Transit buses; Transit safety; Wheelchairs
- Geographic Terms: Europe
- Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01054083
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 16 2007 2:11PM