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Design for Passenger Transport focuses on the ways by which standards of design could be improved to enhance the psychological and physical well-being of both passengers and staff. Various aspects of design in the fields of air, rail, road, and water passenger transport are discussed. The selection...

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Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), Chartered Institute of Transport
Other Authors: Height, Frank, Cresswell, Roy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1979.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Transportation > Passenger traffic > Congresses.
Vehicles > Design and construction > Congresses.
Terminals (Transportation) > Design and construction > Congresses.
Transport de voyageurs > Congrès.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Transports.
Terminals (Transportation) > Design and construction
Transportation > Passenger traffic
Vehicles > Design and construction
Passenger transport services > Passenger vehicles & terminals > Design Great Britain. Conference proceedings
Electronic books.
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Design for Passenger Transport; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents ; Introduction : Good Design in Transport; Part I: Passenger Handling Design; Chapter 1. Airports, Railway Stations and People; AIRPORTS; RAILWAY STATIONS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Interchange Design; INTRODUCTION; BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT; PLANNING BACKGROUND; RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE; RELATIONSHIP WITH BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL STATION; AIRLINE AND TRAVEL INDUSTRY REQUIREMENTS; TERMINAL LOCATION; RAIL/TERMINAL LINK; TERMINAL CONCEPT AND CAR PARKING; TERMINAL BUILDINGS.
  • GENERAL DESIGN POINTSCONCLUSION; Part I Discussion: Passenger Handling Design; RICHARD DEIGHTON; KENNETH ROBINSON; MIRIAM HOWITT; EIRLYS ROBERTS; T. GLASGOW; KENNETH ROBINSON; S. HARDY; DR. R.W. CRESSWELL; F.R.F. EVANS; S.S, WUSElNBEEK; P.A. HAMILTON; A.A. WOOD; A. GURLEY; P. LeBLOND; A.A. WOOD; RAYMOND PLUMMER; P.J. BROWNING; A.A. WOOD; EIRLYS ROBERTS; RAYMOND PLUMMER; EIRLYS ROBERTS; N. TOWNEND; A.A. WOOD; D.S. BURNICLE; DR. R.W. CRESSWELL; J.A. LOWRIE; R. THOMAS; A.A. WOOD; S. HARDY; PROFESSOR SIR HUGH FORD; KENNETH ROBINSON; EIRLYS ROBERTS; A.A. WOOD.
  • Part II: Case Studies
  • Passenger Handling DesignChapter 3. Design Policy for Greater Manchester Transport; PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES; INFORMATIONAL PUBLICITY; THE POINT OF SALE; THE BUS; Chapter 4. Passenger Behaviour and Expectations at an Airport; INTRODUCTION; THE SURVEY ON PASSENGER BEHAVIOUR; THE SURVEY OF PASSENGER EXPECTATION; IMPLICATIONS FOR AIRPORT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT '; APPENDIX 4.1; APPENDIX 4.2; APPENDIX 4.3; APPENDIX 4.4; Chapter 5. TWA Corporate Identity; Part II Discussion: Case Studies
  • Passenger Handling Design; P.J. BROWNING; C.J. HOLLAND; RICHARD DEIGHTON.
  • JULES RONDEPIERREP. R. EVANS; RAYMOND PLUMMER; P.R. EVANS; RAYMOND PLUMMER; DICK NEGUS; B.D. ATKINSON; M.A. TAUNTON; RICHARD DEIGHTON; P.R. EVANS; N. TOWNEND; P.R. EVANS; JULES RONDEPIERRE; T. GLASGOW; P.R. EVANS; P.R. VERNON; P.R. EVANS; DR. R.W. CRESSWELL; P.R. EVANS; JULES RONDEPIERRE; W.M. SHULTZ; RICHARD DEIGHTON; K. WARD; N. WILSON; J.R. GRAY; F . R . F . EVANS; RICHARD DEIGHTON; JULES RONDEPIERRE; P.R. EVANS; Part III: Vehicle Design; Chapter 6. Aircraft, Trains, Buses and People; THE AGE OF PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES; INNOVATION AND CHANGE.
  • LIMITATIONS ON THE POTENTIAL NUMBER OF PASSENGERSMAINTENANCE; MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PASSENGERS; THE PASSENGER SEAT; BAGGAGE; GETTING ON AND OFF; ONE-MAN OPERATED BUSES; LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Vehicle Suspension Systems and Passenger Comfort; INTRODUCTION; SPECIFICATION OF STEADY STATE COMFORT LEVELS; SPECIFICATION OF RESPONSE TO DISCRETE IRREGULARITIES; TRACK IRREGULARITIES; VERTICAL SUSPENSION DESIGN; LATERAL SUSPENSION DESIGN; APT TILT SYSTEM; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; Chapter 8. Boeing Jet Foil; INTRODUCTION; SIZE, ARRANGEMENT AND OTHER ISSUES.