BACKGROUND Low and middle-income countries carry over ninety per cent of the burden of injury related mortality and disability. Motorcycles are gradually becoming a major mode of transportation in Cameroon and other African countries in the absence of an organized public transport. Consequently, the contribution of motorcycle crash to injury-related deaths seems to be on the rise. Currently, da...

Existing information systems for urban public transportation are empowering travelers to optimize their trips with respect to travel duration. Experience with such systems shows that this is a viable approach. However, we argue that solely relying on trip duration as the primary indicator for satisfaction can be limiting. Especially, in urban settings providing additional information such as th...

Massive actuator arrays found their applications in robotics, pharmaceutics, aerospace, etc. Compared with electrically and/or pneumatically powered actuator array, hydraulic actuator has the comprehensive advantages of higher force density (i.e. force / actuation area), better controllability, and simpler remote control accessibility. This paper presents approaches to construct and control a m...

This research considers a simulating crowds into a passenger vessel Evacuation in the face of fire and the Effect of Human Behavior and Building Characteristics on Evacuation, the most crucial aspect of a passenger`s vessel safety in the face of fire is the possibility of safe and efficient escape. The study of attitudes and behavior of passengers in relation to reactions to alarms, regulations...

This paper investigates the impact of schematic transit maps on passengers’ travel decisions. It does two things: First, it proposes an analysis framework that defines four types of information conferred from a transit map: distortion, restoration, codification, and cognition, and their potential impact on three types of travel decisions: location, mode, and path choices. Second, it conducts an...

This study was an unobtrusive observational analysis of 333 older and younger bus passengers in Guadalajara, Mexico. A set of data were collected for each observed passenger, as well as more general observations related to driver behaviour, bus design and bus service characteristics. There were significant differences between older and younger passengers in terms of boarding and alighting times...