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Four factors--thermal comfort, noise, lighting, and vibration--that affect passenger comfort in rail passenger cars are reviewed. The effects of passenger seating and vehicle layout are also considered.

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Design; Heat; Lighting; Passenger cars; Passenger comfort; Seats; Sound level; Temperature; Vehicle design; Vibration

Design criteria

Design; Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment

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Jun 30 1983 12:00AM

• EVALUATION AND MEASUREMENT OF RIDE QUALITY: STATE-OF-THE-ART REPORT. PREFACE
• MARINE VEHICLE RIDE QUALITY: A STATE-OF-THE-ART ASSESSMENT
• MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION OF RIDE QUALITY IN ADVANCED GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
• METHODS FOR RIDE QUALITY EVALUATION OF OFF-ROAD MACHINES
• RIDE QUALITY EVALUATION IN TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
• STRUCTURAL MODELS OF ATTITUDE-BEHAVIOR RELATIONS FOR INTERCITY RAIL TRAVELERS
• SUBJECTIVE RIDE QUALITY TESTING PROCEDURES
• VIBRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR RIDE QUALITY: RECENT PROGRESS AND TRENDS