Challenging conventional rural rail level crossing design: Evaluating three new systems thinking-based designs in a driving simulator

Safety Science

Volumn 110, Issue , 2018, Pages 100-114

  Beanland, Vanessa ^a   Grant, Eryn ^a   Read, Gemma J M ^a   Stevens, Nicholas ^a   Thomas, Miles ^a   Lenné, Michael G ^b   Stanton, Neville A ^a,c   Salmon, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driving simulation; Rail level crossings; Road users; Situation awareness

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; COSTS; ECOLOGY; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS;

DRIVING SIMULATION; DRIVING SIMULATOR; ECOLOGICAL INTERFACE DESIGN; LEVEL CROSSING; LOW-COST SOLUTION; ROAD USERS; SITUATION AWARENESS; SYSTEMS THINKING;

RAILROAD CROSSINGS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85042908519     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2018.03.002     Document Type: Article

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