Improving Cutaway Bus Safety for Aging Passengers
| 项目名称： | Improving Cutaway Bus Safety for Aging Passengers |
| 摘要： | The main objective of this project was to improve safety of elderly passengers in paratransit buses in Florida and possibly, nationwide. Until now, crashworthiness of paratransit buses and safety of their passengers were assessed using the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 220. This assessment was made based on quasi static roof tests of the buses. However, research studies revealed that such tests did not help at all in assessing crashworthiness of the buses during dynamic, rollover test. Instead, dynamic rollover tests, implemented in Europe (ECE R66) and worldwide (UN R66) were proven to have beneficial impact on improved passenger safety and they were adopted, in large part, into so called Florida Standard. This standard was used to assist a paratransit bus manufactured in constructing a prototype of a safer bus, which would meet the stringent dynamic, rollover standard at almost the same cost. A Champion bus was selected as a target for this study. This choice had the strongest impact on improved safety as Champion buses represent over 50% of over 300 paratransit buses acquired annually by the State of Florida. The new and crashworthy design of the bus was presented to Champion Bus Inc. Company and a new prototype was built. It was shipped for testing to Tallahassee. A rollover test was carried out in June 2014. While the new design of the frontal ring of the bus showed significant improvement, the back wall was weaker and failed the test. The researchers will continue to assist the Champion Bus Inc. in improving their bus. |
| 状态： | Completed |
| 资金： | 90800.00 |
| 资助组织： | Research and Innovative Technology Administration |
| 项目负责人： | Tucker-Thomas, Dawn |
| 执行机构： | Center for Accessibility and Safety for an Aging Population |
| 开始时间： | 20140109 |
| 预计完成日期： | 20141223 |
| 实际结束时间： | 20141223 |
| 主题领域： | Passenger Transportation；Public Transportation；Safety and Human Factors；Vehicles and Equipment |
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