All Outputs (13)

A field evaluation of an in-ground lighting intervention for safety at a road crossing (2024)
Journal Article
Hallewell, M., Dadashi, N., & Ryan, B. (2024). A field evaluation of an in-ground lighting intervention for safety at a road crossing. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 101, 78-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2023.12.017

There are limited numbers of naturalistic studies of behaviours in response to safety interventions, such as novel lighting products at road crossings. The study used a theory-based approach to evaluate behavioural responses to a novel, ground-mounte... Read More about A field evaluation of an in-ground lighting intervention for safety at a road crossing.

Interviews with rail industry leaders about systems thinking in the management of organisational change and risk management (2023)
Journal Article
Nolan-McSweeney, M., Ryan, B., & Cobb, S. (2023). Interviews with rail industry leaders about systems thinking in the management of organisational change and risk management. Safety Science, 164, Article 106168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106168

The rail industry in Great Britain has faced unprecedented demand for its services in the past decade, whilst addressing technological transformation, and with multiple objectives in relation to safety and performance. Systems theories seems to offer... Read More about Interviews with rail industry leaders about systems thinking in the management of organisational change and risk management.

Conceptualising innovative lighting interventions for suicide, trespass and risky behaviour on the railway (2022)
Journal Article
Hallewell, M. J., Ryan, B., Hughes, N., & Coad, N. (2023). Conceptualising innovative lighting interventions for suicide, trespass and risky behaviour on the railway. Lighting Research and Technology, 55(1), 79-99. https://doi.org/10.1177/14771535221135226

Three behaviour types – suicide, trespass and risky behaviours, which can result in entry to railway tracks – present an ongoing challenge to the rail industry for fatality prevention. Many preventative interventions exist, operating at different sta... Read More about Conceptualising innovative lighting interventions for suicide, trespass and risky behaviour on the railway.

Human, Organisational and Societal Factors in Robotic Rail Infrastructure Maintenance (2022)
Journal Article
Golightly, D., Chan-Pensley, J., Dadashi, N., Jundi, S., Ryan, B., & Hall, A. (2022). Human, Organisational and Societal Factors in Robotic Rail Infrastructure Maintenance. Sustainability, 14(4), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042123

Robotics are set to play a significant role in the maintenance of rail infrastructure. However, the introduction of robotics in this environment requires new ways of working for individuals, teams and organisations and needs to reflect societal attit... Read More about Human, Organisational and Societal Factors in Robotic Rail Infrastructure Maintenance.

Using expert perspectives to explore factors affecting choice of methods in safety analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Farooqi, A., Ryan, B., & Cobb, S. (2022). Using expert perspectives to explore factors affecting choice of methods in safety analysis. Safety Science, 146, Article 105571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105571

Many methods have been developed to understand and improve system safety. Previous research has indicated that a 'research-practice gap' exists in use of methods, where systemic methods are not adopted in practice. This study extends this research, b... Read More about Using expert perspectives to explore factors affecting choice of methods in safety analysis.

Human Functions in Safety - Developing a framework of goals, human functions and safety relevant activities for railway socio-technical systems (2021)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., Golightly, D., Pickup, L., Reinartz, S., Atkinson, S., & Dadashi, N. (2021). Human Functions in Safety - Developing a framework of goals, human functions and safety relevant activities for railway socio-technical systems. Safety Science, 140, Article 105279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105279

This paper presents a framework to express the role of people in establishing and maintaining system safety. The Human Functions in Safety (HFiS) framework has been developed for the railway context, describing safety-related activity within function... Read More about Human Functions in Safety - Developing a framework of goals, human functions and safety relevant activities for railway socio-technical systems.

Impact of Covid-19 on Health and Safety in the Construction Sector (2021)
Journal Article
Stiles, S., Golightly, D., & Ryan, B. (2021). Impact of Covid-19 on Health and Safety in the Construction Sector. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries, 31(4), 425-437. https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20882

Construction has been significantly affected by COVID-19 yet is critical to the post-COVID economic recovery. Specifically, construction needs to be constantly aware of safety and risk balanced with timely project delivery. Guidance for COVID–19 must... Read More about Impact of Covid-19 on Health and Safety in the Construction Sector.

Identifying new concepts for innovative lighting-based interventions to influence movement and behaviours in train stations (2020)
Journal Article
Hughes, N., Ryan, B., Hallewell, M., Coad, N., Grant, A., Parrott, N., …Thompson, K. (2020). Identifying new concepts for innovative lighting-based interventions to influence movement and behaviours in train stations. Lighting Research and Technology, 52(8), 976-990. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477153520904405

The disorderly and disrupted movement of passengers within train stations are key concerns in rail transport, especially where there are increasing numbers of passengers, coupled with often out-dated, adapted station spaces. With careful planning and... Read More about Identifying new concepts for innovative lighting-based interventions to influence movement and behaviours in train stations.

Using agent-based modelling for investigating modal shift: The case of university travel (2019)
Journal Article
Olusola, F. T., Siebers, P., Faboya, O., Ryan, B., & Figueredo, G. P. (2020). Using agent-based modelling for investigating modal shift: The case of university travel. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.106077

© 2019 Travel mode choices are a result of several factors and how they affect individual travellers. This paper examines those factors influencing travellers’ mode choices commuting to and from a university. Furthermore, we investigate how a shift t... Read More about Using agent-based modelling for investigating modal shift: The case of university travel.

Collecting evidence from distributed sources to evaluate railway suicide and trespass prevention measures (2018)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., Kallberg, V., Rådbo, H., Havârneanu, G. M., Silla, A., Lukaschek, K., …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.