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2006

2005

2004

The following reports are now available in the Publications section.
(Added 10/15/04)

  • Yeh, M. (2004). Human Factors Considerations in the Design and Evaluation of Moving Map Displays of Ownship on the Airport Surface DOT/FAA/AR-04/39. DOT-VNTSC-FAA-04-11. Cambridge, MA.
    View Document (PDF, 3.7MB)

2003

The Safety Vehicle Using Adaptive Interface Technology (SAVE-IT) sub site is now available in the Roadway section.
(Added 12/22/03)

The Electronic Flight Bags section has been updated with:
(Added 11/17/03)

  • Final Version 2 of EFB human factors considerations document (September 2003)

  • Chandra, D., Yeh, M., Riley, V., & Mangold, S.J. (2003). Human factors considerations in the design and evaluation of Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs), Version 2. DOT-VNTSC-FAA-03-07. USDOT Volpe Center: Cambridge, MA.
    View Document (PDF, 3.4 MB)

  • Updated links to EFB vendor websites

The following conference proceeding is now available in the Publications section and the Electronic Flight Bags sections.
(Added 08/15/03)

  • Chandra, Divya C. (in press). A tool for structured evaluation of electronic flight bag usability. To appear in Proceedings of the 22nd Digital Avionics Systems Conference. 12-16 October 2003, Indianapolis, IN.
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The following report is now available in the Publications section.
(Added 07/22/03)

  • Wreathall, J., Roth, E., Bley, D., and Multer, J. Human Reliability Analysis in Support of Risk Assessment for Positive Train Control. Washington, D.C: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.
    View Complete Document

The Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) is available in the Aviation section. (Added 01/09/03)

The Meet Our Staff section has been updated. (Added 01/09/03)

The following report is now available in the Publications section.
(Added 01/09/03)

  • Robert E. Ford, Stephen H. Richards, John C. Hungerford (1998). Evaluation of Retroreflective Markings To Increase Rail Car Conspicuity - Safety of Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings. Report No. DOT-VNTSC-RR897-PM-98-22. Cambridge, MA.: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Projects Administration, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.
    View Complete Document

The following report is now available in the Publications section.
(Added 01/03/03)

  • Multer, J. and Rapoza, A. (1998). Field Evaluation of a Wayside Horn at a Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing. Report No DOT/FRA/ORD-98/04. Washington, D.C: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.
    View Complete Document

The following reports are now available in the Publications section.
(Added 01/02/03)

  • Multer, J., Conti, J., and Sheridan, T. (2001) Recognition of Rail Car Retroreflective Marking Patterns for Improving Nighttime Conspicuity. DOT/FRA/ORD-00/07. Washington, D.C: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.
    View Complete Document

  • Multer, J., Rudich, R., and Yearwood, K. (1998). Human Factors Guidelines for Locomotive Cabs. Report No DOT/FRA/ORD-98/03. Washington, D.C: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.
    View Complete Document

The following reports are now available in the Publications section.
(Added 12/18/02)

  • Askey, S., Sheridan, T. Human Factors Phase II: Design and Evaluation of Decision Aids for Control of High-Speed Trains: Experiments and Model Safety of High-Speed Ground Transportation Systems. DOT/FRA/ORD-96-09. December, 1996.
    View Complete Document

  • Pollard, J. K., Katz-Rhoads, L., Mengert, P., DiSario, R., Sussman, E.D. Passenger Acceptance of Alignments with Frequent Curves in Maglev or Other Very-High-Speed Ground Systems. Final Report No. DOT-VNTSC-FRA-96-xx. April, 1996.
    View Complete Document

  • SOFA Working Group. (1999). Switching Operations Fatality Analysis: Findings and Recommendations of the SOFA Working Group.
    View Complete Document

The following reports are now available in the Publications section.
(Added 12/11/02)

  • Roth, E. M., Malsch, N., and Multer, J.(2001). Understanding How Railroad Dispatchers Manage and Control Trains: Results of a Cognitive Task Analysis. Report No DOT/FRA/ORD-01/02. Washington, D.C: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.
    View Complete Document

  • Carroll, A., Multer, J. McGuire, R. and Markos, S. Safety of Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: Use of Auxiliary External Alerting Devices to Improve Locomotive Conspicuity. Report No. DOT/FRA/ORD-95/ 1995. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.
    View Complete Document

2002

The Electronic Flight Bags section has been updated with:
(Added 08/28/02)

  • Summer 2002 review of EFB industry
  • Recent press articles on EFBs
  • Updated links to EFB vendor websites
  • Volunteer Electronic Flight Bag vendors needed

The following report is now available in the Publications section.
(Added 08/28/02)

  • Chandra, Divya C. (2002). Human Factors Evaluation of Electronic Flight Bags. Proceedings of HCIAero 2002. 23-25 October. Cambridge, MA.
    View Document

The following report is now available in the Publications section.
(Added 04/26/02)

  • Stearns, Mary D, Najm, Wassim G. and Linda Ng Boyle. A Methodology To Evaluate Driver Acceptance. Presented at Transportation Research Board. Presented at the 81st Annual Meeting, January 15, 2002, Washington, DC.
    View Slides (PowerPoint, 54KB) | View Slides (HTML)

2001

The following report is now available in the Publications section.
(Added 06/01/01)

  • Roth, E. M., Malsch, N., and Multer, J.(2001). Understanding How Railroad Dispatchers Manage and Control Trains: Results of a Cognitive Task Analysis. Report No DOT/FRA/ORD-01/02. Washington, D.C: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.
    View Complete Document

The following report is now available in the Publications section.
(Added 06/01/01)

  • Wright, Melanie and Todd Barlow, Resource Document for the Design of Electronic Instrument Approach Procedure Displays. DOT/FAA/RD-95-2, March 1995.

The Volpe EFB Human Factors Considerations Report (Version 1) (PDF, 458KB) is now available in the Electronic Flight Bags section.
(Added 05/01/01)

The following report is now available in the Publications section.
(Added 05/01/01)

  • Longridge, T., Bürki-Cohen, J.,Go, T., and Kendra, A. Simulator Fidelity Considerations for Training and Evaluation of Today's Airline Pilots, Presented at the Eleventh International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, March 2001. Columbus, OH.
    View Complete Document (Word, 70KB)

The Simulator Fidelity project is now avialable in the Aviation section. (Added 04/01/01)

The Events section has been created and the conferences previously listed on the main page have moved here. (Added 4/1/01)

The following report is now available in the Publications section.
(Added 04/01/01)

  • Oman, Charles M., Kendra, Andrew, J., Hayashi, Miwa, Stearns, Mary D., and Judith Bürki-Cohen. Vertical Navigation Displays: Pilot Performance and Workload During Simulated Constant-Angle-of-Descent GPS Approaches. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 11 (1), 15-31.
    View Complete Document (PDF, 717KB) | The edited version of this paper can be obtained from the publisher Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

The floor plan image in the Laboratory section has been changed to an imagemap. (Added 04/01/01)