ISBN-13: 9781138252493 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 576 str.
ISBN-13: 9781138252493 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 576 str.
In recent years, for reasons connected to the organization of the industry, technical developments, and major safety concerns, rail human factors has grown in importance at an international level. Despite its importance, however, supporting literature has been largely restricted to specialist journal publications and technical reports. Rail Human Factors addresses this imbalance by providing the first fully comprehensive overview of the area. The volume includes contributions from leading ergonomists, psychologists, sociologists, management scientists and engineers whose common theme is to investigate, understand and design for people on the railways, including staff, passengers and the general public. Every area of ergonomics/human factors is covered: physical design of work and equipment in maintenance; cognitive ergonomics in driving, signalling and control; organizational and social ergonomics in the way teams are formed, plans are made and organizations are structured and run. Topics covered include: cents Systems views of rail human factors cents Driver models and performance cents Train and cab design cents Network and train control systems, including ERTMS cents Signals and signal cents SPADS cents Signalling and control center design cents Signaller performance cents Control center interfaces cents Workload, situation awareness, team working cents Human error and reliability cents Timetabling and planning cents Maintenance planning and work cents Safety climate and safety culture cents Passenger comfort and behaviour cents Station design cents Public information systems cents Level crossings cents Trespass and vandalism cents Ergonomics standards and guidelines cents Human Factors integration The book is the definitive guide for all those concerned with making railways safer, more reliable, of higher quality and more efficient. It wil