Print Email Facebook Twitter End-users help design mass transport seats Title End-users help design mass transport seats Author Bronkhorst, R.E. Krause, F. Publication year 2002 Abstract The research group Ergonomics and Innovation of TNO Work and Employment let the end-user participate in the design of new commuter train seats. In a field test commuter's sitting behaviour was studied to chart the passengers' activities, posture, size and movements. In the Netherlands the sitting behaviour measurements were used for setting up a test of existing seats serving as benchmarks. 18 test subjects were asked to sit for 1 hour while maintaining specific postures that resembled postures observed in the field test. During expert meetings the test results and all the specific information from the end-users concerning redesign were used to establish modifications to the existing seats. Those modifications were tested again with the subjects leading to the final design recommendations. This paper is a reprint from 'Human Factors in Seating and Automative Telematics (SP-1670)' of the SAE 2002 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, March 4-7, 2002. Subject Commuter trainsDesign recommendationsEnd-usersField testNetherlandsPaired comparisonSeat anglesSitting behaviorSpecific informationDesignTestingSeatsVeilig OntwerpWerkstoelen BureaustoelenTransportmiddelenAnthropometrie LichaamsafmetingenLichaamsbeweging LichaamshoudingHuman FactorsNederlandVerenigde Staten Vs UsaVervoer per Spoor2013 OrganisationSP - Sustainable Productivity To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f1285527-9d66-4133-8232-7d78fe85ebfc TNO identifier 173322 Report number 2002-01-0780 Publisher Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE), Warrendale ISSN 0148-7191 Series SAE technical paper series Document type article Files To receive the publication files, please send an e-mail request to TNO Library.