Professor on Sabbatical Studies Flight Navigation Charts
Dr. Melissa Beck, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, recently spent her sabbatical working at Volpe with human factors experts.
Human Factors
New Report: Effect of Gate Skirts on Pedestrian Behavior at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Volpe was tasked by FRA to participate in a New Jersey Transit rail safety pilot project to evaluate a prototype design of a pedestrian safety device, known as a gate skirt, installed at a highway-rail grade crossing in Matawan, NJ. The purpose of this research was to determine if the...
Related Research on Adaptive Interfaces
Related research on adaptive interfaces for the SAVE-IT program.
Adaptive Interface Reports
This paper describes the status of European efforts to measure real-time driver workload in non-laboratory environments, in particular, distraction monitoring, and describes their efforts to develop the adaptive interface technology hardware and interpret from driver performance monitoring data...
SAVE-IT Reports and Articles
SAVE-IT Reports and Articles
Reducing Distraction-Related Automotive Crashes with SAVE-IT (NHTSA)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is directing a program that could help minimize the safety risk of distraction and improve the effectiveness of in-vehicle technologies.
Safety Vehicle Using Adaptive Interface Technology (SAVE-IT)
NHTSA seeks to develop a test vehicle incorporating adaptive interface technology to help it understand the safety benefits such a system might achieve and the requirements necessary to achieve such benefits. The development of such a vehicle will also spur ongoing industry efforts and create a...
Design and Good Sleep: A Researcher’s Focus on Rail Safety
Yoshikata Tanabe, a visiting researcher from Yokohama, came to Volpe to tap into its expertise on railroader fatigue risk management and study research that can change the sleep culture in Japan.
New Report: Human Factors Considerations in the Design and Evaluation of Flight Deck Displays and Controls
In this general guidance document, researchers identify and prioritize human factors issues to consider in the design of flight deck displays and controls for all types of aircraft. It is intended to facilitate the identification and resolution of typical human factors issues, and support...
Alcohol Measuring Device Testing and Technical Information
Technical and testing information related to alcohol countermeasures.