Abstract
Comfortability in buses for commuters particularly those with special needs such as senior citizen and person with disability is a concern, which requires attention. Public buses are highly used mode of transportation in the Philippines, both provincial and city. In this work, the researchers aim to determine the design factors that affect the comfortability of commuters and eventually come up with an ergonomic design of public bus to be used in the Philippines with provision for senior citizen and persons with disability. The study covers and mainly focused on designing bus doors and its interior for the accessibility of the senior citizens and persons with mobility aid such as wheelchairs, crutches and canes ergonomically. The researchers have conducted review of related literature, direct observation, surveys, interviews and actual measurements of bus dimensions in order to describe factually and accurately the current design of buses in the Philippines. The researchers have improved the current design of provincial public buses having trips from Cavite to Manila (vice versa) with consideration of the issues and needs of the commuters in riding a bus.
Highlights
Transportation is the movement of people or goods from one place to another that supports human’s daily activities
With the vast increase in population, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) predicts that people aging 60+ represented 5.97% is expected to grow to 13.8% of the population by 2040 while persons with disability is said to be 1.57 percent of 141.7 million Filipinos according to National Statistics Office (NSO) [2]
Door clearance including step height, step width, step depth, vertical and horizontal clearance for the mobility aids that will enter the bus and the seat depth, seat width, seat height, leg clearance, backrest height, overhead handrails height, stanchion height, stanchion length, stanchion width, compartment level height and aisle width that depends on the measurements of people with disabilities (PWD) and elderly with consideration on their physical limitations and anthropometrics
Summary
Transportation is the movement of people or goods from one place to another that supports human’s daily activities. With the vast increase in population, the NSCB predicts that people aging 60+ represented 5.97% is expected to grow to 13.8% of the population by 2040 while persons with disability is said to be 1.57 percent of 141.7 million Filipinos according to National Statistics Office (NSO) [2]. This will have a massive impact on public transport. There are things that unfairly prevent many incapable commuters from using public transports to fully participate in society
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