Using the Network Rail Route Drivability Tool

[Notes: Workshop. 1 hour duration. Industry application - suitable for first day. Requirements: Wi-fi access for presenter and attendees, projector, attendees should be invited to bring laptops.] The Route Drivability Tool... [ view full abstract ]

[Notes: Workshop. 1 hour duration. Industry application - suitable for first day. Requirements: Wi-fi access for presenter and attendees, projector, attendees should be invited to bring laptops.]

The Route Drivability Tool (RDT) is a computer-based technique for modelling train driver's activities to allow human factors analysis for infrastructure design, operations management, and incident analysis.

The theoretical background, validation and applications of the RDT have been published in previous papers at this conference. Since then, Network Rail has made the RDT available through the Ergotools website, a suite of specialist rail ergonomics techniques.

This workshop will provide a practical introduction to the RDT, giving a brief overview of the the background and then working through a demonstration scenario.

The workshop will cover:
1. Accessing the RDT on the Ergotools website
2. Planning the analysis
3. Data collection, and entry into the RDT
4. Running the task analysis, speed profile analysis and workload analysis
5. Reviewing and interpreting results
6. Drawing conclusions and recommendations

Attendees will be able to build the demonstration scenario on their own laptops with full step-by-step guidance. At the end of the session attendees should understand the technique, the different ergonomics assessments it can support, and be able to construct and analyse their own scenarios in the Ergotools RDT.