TranSIG
The Transport Special Interest Group (Transport SIG) is one of the longest running SIGs, originally formed as RailSIG and then expanded in 2011 to cover all Transport modes.
The aim of Transport SIG is to provide:
A forum to bring together HF professionals interested in Transport,
An opportunity for collaboration on issues important in Transport,
Opportunities to promote Human Factors in Transport, and
A means for on-going professional development.
Transport is an important area of Human Factors which covers many different modes and also a wide breadth of topics. As a snapshot, below are some of the topics generating a lot of interest in the transport industries in Australia and around the world:
Integration of Human Factors into the design of transport systems
Impact of new technologies
Human error and error management
Fatigue management and vigilance
Organisational considerations (e.g. "just culture")
Organisational awareness of Human Factors (and impacts thereof)
Risk management, risk taking, etc.
Cultural change to improve safety behaviours at all organisational levels
If you are a HFESA member and interested in Transport click to join. Please also feel free to email the Transport SIG chair if you have any questions or if you are keen to get involved.
