This article analyses the impact of environmental factors on passenger ride comfort in various modes of transportation using an original evaluation method based on a synthetic comfort index. Four key aspects of ride comfort were considered: vibration...
Ride comfort is one of the key issues in passenger transport. Its level depends on many factors related to both environmental factors and individual human characteristics. Ensuring good travel conditions translates into higher quality transport servi...
Ride comfort for passengers remains a pressing topic. The level of comfort in a vehicle can influences passengers’ preferences for a particular means of transport. The article aims to evaluate the influence of changes in suspension parameters o...
The straightness of rail joints is one of the critical factors affecting passenger comfort in high-speed railways, and investigating its influence on the dynamic performance of the vehicle–track system and riding comfort is of great significanc...
The development of advanced technologies has led to the emergence of autonomous vehicles. Herein, autonomous public transport (APT) systems equipped with prioritization measures are being designed to operate at ever faster speeds compared to conventi...
Active seat suspension has been proposed to improve ride comfort for ultra-compact mobility. Regarding the ride comfort of passengers due to vertical vibration, the authors have confirmed from biometry measurements that reduction of the vibration acc...
Active suspension systems help to deliver superior ride comfort and can be used to resolve the objective conflict between ride comfort and road-holding. Currently, there exists no method for analyzing the influence of actuator limitations, such as ma...
Railways are one of the most widely used mass transportation systems. Its superior transportation capacity, low environmental impact, high safety, and comfort have been leading to a continuous increase in passengers. To keep this trend going, it is c...
(1) Background: Metro is an important part of urban transportation, carrying huge passenger volume every day. With improvements in people’s living standards, passengers’ demand for a comfortable Metro experience is increasing. In the cont...
Riding comfort is an important index to measure the quality of service for railways, especially for congested urban rail transit systems where the majority of passengers cannot find a seat. Existing studies usually employ the value of longitudinal ac...
The ride comfort and safety of passenger rail vehicles depend on the performance of the suspension system in attenuating vibrations induced by track irregularities. This paper investigates the effectiveness of an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System...
The ride comfort provided by a vehicle to the driver and the passengers is an important feature, directly correlated to the technical characteristics of the suspension system of the vehicle. In the literature, several lumped-parameter models simulati...
As a result of the continuous improvement in passengers’ requirements for the quality of train operation, the comfort of high-speed train operation has been paid increasing attention. The evaluation of comfort has gradually changed from the nar...
This paper addresses the trade-off between ride comfort and road-holding capability of a quarter-car semi-active suspension system, collaborated by an active aerodynamic surface (AAS), using an optimal control policy. The semi-active suspension syste...
Vehicle ride-sharing commute in smart cities is a service that has changed the way of citizens’ daily life and transportation schedule. Research in vehicle ride sharing aims to provide passengers with a comfortable living and well-being within...
With the increase in train speeds on high-speed railways, the excitation frequency of track irregularities increases, which has a negative impact on train comfort and opposes the passengers’ desire for high ride comfort. In addition, the uncert...
Recent studies on autonomous vehicles focus on improving driving efficiency and ignore driving comfort. Because acceleration and jerk affect driving comfort, we propose a comfort regenerative braking system (CRBS) that uses artificial neural networks...
Ride comfort is increasingly important for automobile companies due to the increasing concern of the demands of customers. Response to shock at low speed, such as single or consecutive pulse excitations from humps, are one of the greatest assessing i...
The Korean government has announced plans to supply electrified buses to achieve decarbonization in the transportation sector and to create next-generation growth engines. Although a multitude of technical and political studies have been conducted to...
A safer and securer public transport provides a wide range of sustainability benefits to a community. This paper explores passengers’ perception of security checks (SCs) in metro stations, with a focus on the safety and mobility of passenger flows. W...
In this paper, a novel adaptive control system (NAC) is proposed for a restricted quarter-car electrohydraulic active suspension system. The main contribution of this NAC is its explicit tackling of the trade-off between passenger comfort/road holdin...
Ride comfort improvement in driving scenarios is gaining traction as a research topic. This work presents a direct methodology that utilizes measured car signals and combines data processing techniques and machine learning algorithms in order to iden...
In this study, we conducted a quantitative evaluation of the comfort of the interior of an electric vehicle (EV) using the brain wave appearance rate, which is part of the human biologic information that the initial stage of the proposed active noise...
High-speed passenger carriages with a long and light carriage body are sensitive to vertical vibration because the bending mode eigenfrequency falls within the most sensible frequency interval for the human being. Anti-bending bars (ABBs) are a passi...
Ride comfort is an important requirement that passenger rail vehicles must meet. Carbody–anti-bending system is a relatively new passive method to enhance the ride comfort in passenger rail vehicles with long and light carbody. The resonance fr...
The influence of passenger gender, age, educational background, and other personal characteristics on satisfaction with an urban rail transit was studied. In total, 6340 valid questionnaires were completed, and basic data about the passengers were st...
The suspension system of the aircraft, provided by the landing gear, is a crucial part of landing, take-off, and taxiing. It is important that this suspension system not only adequately supports the airframe of the aircraft but also provides a comfor...
This study presents the effectiveness of an anti-jerk predictive controller (AJPC) based on active aerodynamic surfaces to handle upcoming road maneuvers and enhance vehicle ride quality by mitigating external jerks operating on the body of the vehic...
To improve the mode share of public transport and reduce the transition to private transport of passengers waiting at bus station, the mechanism of passengers’ decision-making procedure and influence factors of the travel mode choice were analy...
Current technological developments allow the testing of shared autonomous electric vehicles in real-life conditions. Consequently, we can evaluate how users react and if these developments might lead to more sustainable transport behaviour in the fut...
The rise of real-time information communication through smartphones and wireless networks enabled the growth of ridesharing services. While personal rideshare services (individuals riding alone or with acquaintances) initially dominated the market, t...
Ride-hailing services play an important role in developing countries where conventional transport systems are not enough to meet the needs of commuters because of increased populations. This form of transport has gained much popularity in developing...
This study numerically investigates the effect of hydrofoil installation on the motion responses and ride comfort of a 20 m monohull vessel operating at 10 knots in regular waves. Linear seakeeping analysis (Maxsurf Motions) and nonlinear computation...
This study focuses on improving the control system of vehicle suspension, which is critical for optimizing driving dynamics and enhancing passenger comfort. Traditional passive suspension systems are limited in their ability to effectively mitigate r...
Train–bridge dynamic interaction analysis is critical for the dynamic design of bridges and the safety and comfort assessment of trains. This study introduces a train–bridge dynamic model of a straddle monorail train and a steel–con...
To enhance energy efficiency and reduce emissions in public transportation systems, this study proposes a novel electro-hydraulic energy-regenerative suspension system for urban buses. A comprehensive co-simulation framework was established to evalua...
Rigorous model-based design and control for intelligent vehicle suspension systems play an important role in providing better driving characteristics such as passenger comfort and road-holding capability. This paper investigates a new technique for m...
Driving a tram in city traffic is a challenging task. It is especially difficult to drive smoothly (without unnecessary jerks) when the route runs through streets with many other vehicles, pedestrians, and traffic lights. A smooth driving style of th...
Vehicles in the adjacent lane making abrupt lane changes is a common and frequent action during traffic movement. Being aware of adjacent vehicles ahead of time, determining their cut-in intention, monitoring their cut-in trajectory in real time, and...
Enhancing ride comfort and vibration control performance is a critical requirement for fuel cell commercial vehicles (FCCVs). This study develops a semi-active seat suspension control strategy that integrates a fuzzy logic controller with a Modified...
Public transportation (PT) systems suffer from disutility compared to private transportation due to the inability to provide passengers with a door-to-door service, referred to as the first/last mile problem. Personal mobility devices (PMDs) are thou...
The key request for a vehicle suspension system is vibration control and decreasing the actual inertia forces. This ensures ride comfort for the crew and influences the fatigue level of the driver and overall driving safety. Implementing semi-active...
There has recently been a rapid increase in the number of partially automated systems in passenger vehicles. This has necessitated a greater focus on the effect the systems have on the comfort and trust of passengers. One significant issue is the del...
(1) Background: After motion sickness occurs in the ride process, this can easily cause passengers to have a poor mental state, cold sweats, nausea, and even vomiting symptoms. This study proposes to establish an association model between motion sick...
Vehicle suspension systems, which affect driving performance and passenger comfort, are actively researched with the development of technology and the insufficient quality of passive suspension systems. This paper establishes the suspension model of...
When in operation, ultra-high-speed elevators encounter transverse vibrations due to uneven guide rails and airflow disturbances, which can greatly undermine passenger comfort. To alleviate these adverse effects and boost passenger comfort, a gas&nda...
Nowadays, riding comfort is more significant than before for evaluating the quality of high–speed railways and sitting is the most common posture for its passengers. This study aimed to analyze and optimize the pressure distribution and sitting...
Nowadays, travelers can use different modes of transport, and they usually choose the most suitable and reliable mode available. The choice of one mode of transport as an alternative to another is subjective. It is usually built upon passenger attitu...
The contribution of this paper is to present an automatic emergency braking (AEB) optimized algorithm based on time to collision (TTC) and a professional driver fitting (PDF) braking pattern. When the TTC value is less than the given threshold, the P...
All electric-damper is now a fashionable method for vehicle balance as the development of the high power linear and motor drive system allow the fast and efficient solution to dampers. The conventional damper is then replaced by active motor drive th...
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