The book outlines why a fundamental paradigm shift is needed in the way these systems are designed and operated, and illustrates how a wide range of accepted human-factors approaches can be applied successfully to road transport to revolutionise the countermeasure design process.

Gemma J. M. Read, Neville A. Stanton

Part 1: Introduction to the research approach; Chapter 1 - Systems thinking in transport analysis and design; Chapter 2 - An overview of key human factors approaches and methods ; Chapter 3 - An integrated framework for transport analysis and design ; Part 2: Rail level crossing data collection and analysis; Chapter 4 - Understanding the current system; Chapter 5 - A systems analysis of rail level crossings; Part 3: Design of new rail level crossing environments; Chapter 6 - A participatory approach to designing novel rail level crossings; Chapter 7 - Evaluating initial design concepts using the systems models; Chapter 8 - Design refinement; Part 4: Evaluation of design concepts; Chapter 9 - Experimental evaluation of novel design concepts; Chapter 10 - Evaluation of novel design concepts by all road users; Part 5: Conclusions and future applications; Chapter 11 - Summary and conclusions; Chapter 12 - Future applications and opportunities; Appendix - Guidance for using the key human factors methods and approaches