Print Email Facebook Twitter Passenger reasons for mobility transition from jet to train and turboprop Title Passenger reasons for mobility transition from jet to train and turboprop Author Vink, P. (vhp Human Performance) Vledder, G. (TU Delft Emerging Materials) Ribeiro Monteiro, L. (TU Delft Emerging Materials) Song, Y. (TU Delft Emerging Materials) Date 2022 Abstract Turboprop airplanes and trains have the potential in being more sustainable for short distance travels. This paper focuses on identifying factors that influence passengers in the selection of transport. A questionnaire was developed by 4 experts and used in 3 workshops with 58 aircraft interior design experts. Besides, the answers of 20 passengers were incorporated as well for a holistic view of different stake holders. Results indicated that comfort, efficiency and sustainability are three categories of factors that influence the choice, where the leading factors are space, waiting time, seat and air quality. For traveling less than 250 km the train is the prefered. Twenty seven % has a preference for the turboprop airplanes for a distance of approximately 500 km. Next to the seat, noise is the second major barrier for the choice of the turboprop. Participants also complain about the outdated image of turboprops. This implies that 1) the environmental impact should be presented to the passengers in the selection process to raise their sustainability concerns; 2) in the design of interior for turboprop, seat comfort and noisie reduction are concerns that should be taken into consideration designing the interior. Exciting elements in the design should be considered as well for stimulating a more sustainable way of travel Subject turboprop airplanestrainstransportaviation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c3742236-0329-4224-80e4-b49526b2b1e9 DOI https://doi.org/10.15406/aaoaj.2022.06.00150 ISSN 2576-4500 Source Aeronautics and Aerospace Open Access Journal, 6 (4), 118-121 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2022 P. Vink, G. Vledder, L. Ribeiro Monteiro, Y. Song Files PDF AAOAJ_06_00150.pdf 663.45 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c3742236-0329-4224-80e4-b49526b2b1e9/datastream/OBJ/view