Accessible Boarding – Retrofit Lift for Older Coaches
نویسندگان
چکیده
Regarding to EU regulations today's public transportation systems must be accessible for everyone without any restrictions. The relevant question is: How can trains be accessible for everyone? The huge variety of different vehicles and different platforms does not allow level boarding everywhere, only in so called "closed" systems. The paper gives an overview about the requirements for new boarding assistance systems and about the decision making process referring to a new developed lift system for UIC-coaches. This lift system is developed in the EU-founded project PubTrans4All.
منابع مشابه
Controlled Laboratory Comparison Study of Motion With Football Equipment in a Destabilized Cervical Spine
BACKGROUND Numerous studies have shown that there are better alternatives to log rolling patients with unstable spinal injuries, although this method is still commonly used for placing patients onto a spine board. No previous studies have examined transfer maneuvers involving an injured football player with equipment in place onto a spine board. PURPOSE To test 3 different transfer maneuvers ...
متن کاملDeterminants of Bus Dwell Time
Bus dwell time data collection typically involves labor-intensive ride checks. This paper reports an analysis of bus dwell times that use archived automatic vehicle location (AVL)/automatic passenger counter (APC) data reported at the level of individual bus stops. The archived data provide a large number of observations that serve to better understand the determinants of dwells, including anal...
متن کاملBoarding at the Speed of Flight Team 2053
Executive Summary After mathematically analyzing the aircraft boarding problem, our modeling group would like to present our conclusions, strategies, and recommendations to the airline industry. We examined the mathematical effects of waiting in line to board, sending in different groupings of seat assignments, and the interaction between various components of the boarding process to determine ...
متن کاملExpert Coaching in Weight Loss: Retrospective Analysis
BACKGROUND Providing coaches as part of a weight management program is a common practice to increase participant engagement and weight loss success. Understanding coach and participant interactions and how these interactions impact weight loss success needs to be further explored for coaching best practices. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the coach and participant interact...
متن کاملTall Buildings and Elevators: A Review of Recent Technological Advances
Efficient vertical mobility is a critical component of tall building development and construction. This paper investigates recent advances in elevator technology and examines their impact on tall building development. It maps out, organizes, and collates complex and scattered information on multiple aspects of elevator design, and presents them in an accessible and non-technical discourse. Impo...
متن کامل