All Outputs (31)

Collecting evidence from distributed sources to evaluate railway suicide and trespass prevention measures (2018)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., Kallberg, V.-P., Rådbo, H., Havârneanu, G. M., Silla, A., Lukaschek, K., Burkhardt, J.-M., Bruyelle, J.-L., El-Koursih, E.-M., Beurskens, E., & Hedqvist, M. (2018). Collecting evidence from distributed sources to evaluate railway suicide and trespass prevention measures. Ergonomics, 61(11), 1433-1453. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2018.1485970

It can be difficult to select from available safety preventative measures, especially where there is limited evidence of effectiveness in different contexts. This paper describes application of a method to identify and evaluate wide-ranging preventat... Read More about Collecting evidence from distributed sources to evaluate railway suicide and trespass prevention measures.

Participatory ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining (2018)
Journal Article
Soejadi, P. P., Lawson, G., Ryan, B., & Hermawati, S. (2018). Participatory ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining. https://doi.org/10.21008/j.0239-9415.2017.075.20

Thousands of small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) employees in Indonesian tin mining companies work in dangerous environments without sufficient safety and health protections. This study’s aim was to investigate the identified factors, such as diffic... Read More about Participatory ergonomics in Indonesian tin mining.

Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects (2018)
Journal Article
Stiles, S., Ryan, B., & Golightly, D. (2018). Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects. Safety Science, 110(B), 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.12.030

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Safety leadership is widely discussed, commonly relating to improving safety performance within an occupational environment. Whilst there is considerable research on the characteristics of positive and negative safety leadership b... Read More about Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects.

Developing a framework of behaviours before suicides at railway locations (2017)
Journal Article
Ryan, B. (2018). Developing a framework of behaviours before suicides at railway locations. Ergonomics, 61(5), 605-626. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2017.1401124

Better knowledge of behaviours of people at railway property could help with identifying those at risk of suicide. Literature has been reviewed from a range of disciplines on what is known about studying behaviour in this type of public location. Sec... Read More about Developing a framework of behaviours before suicides at railway locations.

Evaluating rail suicide prevention measures (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ryan, B., Wronska, U., & Stevens, I. Evaluating rail suicide prevention measures. Presented at 6th International Human Factors Rail Conference

Many rail safety interventions are implemented without sufficient consideration of the effectiveness of the intervention or the degree to which the intervention has been implemented. This paper describes a programme of work to develop, test and imple... Read More about Evaluating rail suicide prevention measures.

Using contextual information in the evaluation of the effectiveness of barriers restricting access to the main line at stations (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wronska, U., & Ryan, B. Using contextual information in the evaluation of the effectiveness of barriers restricting access to the main line at stations. Presented at 6th International Human Factors Rail Conference

The use of fencing at railway stations to reduce the numbers of fatalities is a common safety intervention. This study examines the effectiveness of a mid-platform fencing programme as a means of preventing access to the track area. Two aspects of th... Read More about Using contextual information in the evaluation of the effectiveness of barriers restricting access to the main line at stations.

A Novel Modal Shift Modelling Framework for Transport Systems (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Faboya, O. T., Siebers, P.-O., Ryan, B., & Figueredo, G. P. (2017, September). A Novel Modal Shift Modelling Framework for Transport Systems. Paper presented at Social Simulation Conference 2017 (SSC2017), Dublin, Ireland

The challenges from transport modes on human environments, health and economy, have called for investigations into how behavioural changes can be achieved for better resource utilisation. Trip makers' travel demands have been identified, and they inc... Read More about A Novel Modal Shift Modelling Framework for Transport Systems.

What do we know about rail suicide incidents?: analysis of 257 fatalities on the rail network in Great Britain (2017)
Journal Article
Ryan, B. (2017). What do we know about rail suicide incidents?: analysis of 257 fatalities on the rail network in Great Britain. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 231(10), 1150-1173. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409717701775

There are over two hundred and fifty suicides on the railway in Great Britain (GB) each year. Descriptive statistics are compiled, producing national and international data. The industry know how many and, to a limited extent, where these fatalities... Read More about What do we know about rail suicide incidents?: analysis of 257 fatalities on the rail network in Great Britain.

Expert knowledge elicitation to generate human factors guidance for future European rail traffic management system (ERTMS) train driving models (2017)
Journal Article
Naghiyev, A., Sharples, S., Ryan, B., Coplestone, A., & Carey, M. (2017). Expert knowledge elicitation to generate human factors guidance for future European rail traffic management system (ERTMS) train driving models. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 231(10), 1141-1149. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409717695902

The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) will have an impact on the train driving task and train driver behaviour. This paper presents part of the final study of series of studies that have been conducted as part of a three-year research p... Read More about Expert knowledge elicitation to generate human factors guidance for future European rail traffic management system (ERTMS) train driving models.

Probing deeper into the risks of slips, trips and falls for an ageing rail passenger population: applying a systems approach (2016)
Journal Article
Waterson, P. E., Kendrick, V. L., Ryan, B., Jun, T., & Haslam, R. A. (2016). Probing deeper into the risks of slips, trips and falls for an ageing rail passenger population: applying a systems approach. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 10(1), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-its.2015.0047

In this study, the authors report the findings from a study of the contributory factors leading to slips, trips and falls (STFs) amongst elderly passengers at train stations and how these are likely to change in the future over the medium to long ter... Read More about Probing deeper into the risks of slips, trips and falls for an ageing rail passenger population: applying a systems approach.

Modelling and simulation of rail passengers to evaluate methods to reduce dwell times (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Perkins, A., Ryan, B., & Siebers, P.-O. Modelling and simulation of rail passengers to evaluate methods to reduce dwell times. Presented at 14th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation, MAS 2015

The paper outlines a feasibility study using modelling and simulation to reduce dwell times and increase rail network capacity. We use agent based modelling, where passengers are treated as a separate entities, basing their movements on rules from th... Read More about Modelling and simulation of rail passengers to evaluate methods to reduce dwell times.