Level crossing warning horns have been accused of causing noise pollution and having a negative effect on local areas, so are their safety benefits enough to outweigh their disadvantages?
Ricardo is relied upon by clients worldwide to deliver engineering, scientific and consulting capabilities supported by niche manufacturing. We offer our Human Factors services across all industries with a specialism in Rail and Mass Transit.
Rail passengers with mobility problems can be vulnerable to trips and falls as they navigate stations and trains but new research into hazard hotspots could help create safer transport infrastructure.
The vital of role of non-technical skills in the rail industry has come under the spotlight in a new study, including a prediction about which of the skills could become more important with the rise in automation.
Arup is a multidisciplinary engineering and management consultancy. We work across a range of sectors from rail and highways through to the energy sector. Our Human Factors team place all users at the heart of the design for both digital and built environment design solutions.
Overcrowded trains are putting some rail passengers off, but a range of measures to keep travellers better informed and ease their movement around stations could help tackle the problem.
More work is needed on understanding and addressing a lack of sleep in rail workers, a new study has argued. Researchers looked at the difference between when staff were on day shifts and when they were working at night.
