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Passenger comfort is an important issue in the evaluation of public transport. In railway vehicles, acceleration and vibration are major causes of discomfort in the passenger travel. This paper presents a collaborative development (academia–industry) of an acceleration/vibration monitoring system using an Arduino device based upon the microcontroller ATMEL AVR. Vibration data were analyzed with respect to the international standard ISO 2631:1/1997. Acceleration data in turn were obtained and compared to preview results referenced in the state of the art. This study was carried out in the Suburban Railway System of Salvador city (Brazil) which operates under poor infrastructure and vehicle conditions. Consequently, discomfort prevails in passenger travel as roughly 80% of measures on the floor and 98% of measures in the seat pan and backrest falls in the classification of “a little uncomfortable” or worse. The data was also geo-referenced with the assistance of a global positioning system device, allowing for the confirmation of train arrival at both Coutos and Itacaranha stations as the most uncomfortable situations. Data geo-referencing proved to be a powerful decision-making tool by evidencing prioritized sites for improvement.
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Pedreira Junior, J.U., Chaves, J.N., Santos, L.A.d. (2019). Developing a Ride Comfort Monitoring System from Scratch: An Experience in a Suburban Railway. In: Fraszczyk, A., Marinov, M. (eds) Sustainable Rail Transport. Lecture Notes in Mobility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78544-8_2
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