The Anthropologist as a City Bus Driver: Researching Urban Transport Using Autoethnography

Ergonomic Assessment of the Sit-Stand Seat on Urban Bus Transport

Background and Objectives: In recent years, due to the rapid growth of metropolitan cities and the shortage of urban public transport means, including urban bus transportation, many people are forced to travel in a standing position when using these vehicles. This situation may cause pain and discomfort and non-collision injuries for passengers. The purpose of this study was ergonomic assessmen...

Urban expansion as a driver of biodiversity loss: Integrating biodiversity in urban planning in African context

Africa has high biodiversity and is rapidly urbanizing. However, there is limited understanding of how urban expansion in Africa is likely to affect its habitats and biodiversity. Little urban ecological research has been done in Africa. This study needs to think ahead as Africa move into the “urban age” it is critical to inform the public on the importance of urban environment...

Supporting Bus Driver Collaboration: New Services for Public Transport Management

The development of mobile IT continuously provides new resources of use in the road environment. However, there are problems turning technical options into meaningful applications. This paper presents a method where observation of daily practices to identify users' demands to inform ITS-design. The particular case is bus driving and public transport management, seen from the bus-drivers’ perspe...

A CMOS Adiabatic Bus-Driver

This paper presents a simple digital system utilizing adiabatic charging principles to achieve low power-consumption. With the same frequency constraints, the Adiabatic Bus-Driver dissipates considerably less energy than standard CMOS approaches, especially for large load capacitances. Some simulation results (e.g. power-saving ratio versus technology) and prototype chip design are presented as...

The bus driver syndrome: a Belfast phenomenon.