RTSA SA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER

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1 RTSA SA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER August 2016 EDITION WORDS FROM THE CHAIR PHILLIP CAMPBELL As we enter the latter part of the year, I note that we have some very interesting events to look forward to. Our combined event with the PWI and IRSE on 1 st September has two excellent speakers, who will provide a great opportunity to debate safety outcomes. I am also looking forward to our annual dinner and AGM on 24 th November where we have Rod Hook (former head of the Department of Transport Planning and Infrastructure) to speak to us on lessons learnt in delivering critical infrastructure. Please prepare for a controversial evening! On the front of rail progress in SA, we have rapid progression on the Torrens Junction rail grade separation and the Adelaide to Tarcoola re-railing project. The latter project will provide great employment opportunities in regional areas, and will be hitting its straps in the fourth quarter of This is a great project for South Australia, as it allows Arrium to continue to produce long steel products and ensures that the interstate rail network is ready to serve its customers for the next 50 years. The project will produce more than one million metres of rail and more than 30,000 welds to put the rail in place. All of us should be delighted that the rail industry in SA is about to undergo a renaissance. RTSA & PWI JOINT MEETING/ TECHNICAL PRESENTATION 1st Presentation: Collision involving road-train truck and train 8834N near Narromine, NSW 2 nd Presentation: Level Crossing When enough is enough? VENUE: Fedoras Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road, Hilton SA (Corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive) DATE: Thursday 1 st September 2016 TIME: 5.45pm for 6.00pm start LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER THE PRESENTATION RTSA Member, Society Member & Student Member - Free Non-Member Rate: $30.00 RSVP: sa@rtsa.com.au Maximum CPD Hours: 1 hour(s)

2 Level Crossing Human Behaviour Study July 2016 Presentation Dr Anjum Naweed, Senior Research Fellow, CQ University Australia Dr Anjum Naweed is a Certified Professional Ergonomist specialising in rail human factors and safety science. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Sheffield (UK) in He is now an appointed researcher at the Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation, and a Senior Research Fellow at Central Queensland University in the Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science based in South Australia. Anjum s research has focused on risk perception, simulator-based training, decision-making, job design, complexity, and systems thinking. His SPAD-risk Management research has received numerous accolades. In 2015, he was awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Fellowship. Background ~23k Rail Level Crossings in Australia Passive Stop / Give way warning signs Active Alarms Bells Boom Barriers/Gates Active - represent full safety complement Lots of anecdotal evidence for violations Overview Rail Level Crossing Human Factors in context of violations Evaluation of a Level Crossing Enforcement System trial Near Misses in Remote Locations - Pilbara Level Crossing Incident Investigation People can do very unsafe things at rail level crossings. Anecdotally, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that violations at active level crossings are rampant, but why? Does the deviant behaviour happen just because or is there method in the madness? Urban congestion is a significant category on the Infrastructure Australia s priority list for moving the economy forward, and in Victoria, many active rail crossings are being scheduled for grade separation. This presentation will provide the case of one such level crossing and draw on an empirical basis for the anecdotal evidence. Level Crossing Human Factors Habitual behaviours They like lemmings understanding unsafe behaviour at active level crossings Dr Anjum Naweed H 1. Frequent 2. Features of automaticity Minimal awareness Lack of conscious intent 3. Context-specific Cue-response link Time, location, specific situations, social/cultural practices and subcultures

3 Habitual behaviours Familiarity with environment Closed-loop control Unfamiliarity with the environment Monitoring important More effortful Slower-speed Lower efficiency But habits lead to shortcuts and tunnel vision Rail Level Crossing Site Aviation Rd, Laverton, Victoria Statistics (ALCAM) 3-track crossing Train speed 130 km/h Road speed 50 km/h Road width 20.3 m School bus route Commercial traffic Evaluation of a Level Crossing Enforcement System: User Behaviour Study Background Methodology Research Approach Investigating the interactions of pedestrians and road users at an active level crossing. Evaluation of a Level Crossing Enforcement system Mixed-methods study looking at level crossing user behaviour Collect some empirical data

4 Observational findings More than 700 separate road user and pedestrian violations were recorded over the 2-day period RESULTS

5 Theme 2: Safety I ve never seen any, you know, trains hit vehicles or anything at that particular crossing but you know it s almost just a matter of time [Ppt_044]. Parking on the vacant block of lane. People pushing their way into their correct lane on the level crossing. Summary Theoretical support Normalisation of deviancy (Vaughan, 1997) Practices migration model (Rasmussen, 1997) More than human behaviour? Level crossing scheduled for grade separation Implications for level crossing upgrade? A whole systems approach is required Theme 1: Congestion You can sit there and you have three or four trains come through and you re just sitting there, sitting there, sitting there. It is just so frustrating [Ppt_017]. I just find it strange that the barriers will be down for, I ve never timed it but it feels like a good 2 or 3 min before a train arrives [Ppt_046]. Near misses in remote locations: Pilbara RLX Incident Investigation Study The level crossing was closed for 59% of the time during morning peak hours, and 35% of the time during the off-peak and early afternoon peak

6 Ability to act Background Industry concern for level crossing strikes and near-hits in the Pilbara Determining the human factors causes of risk-taking behaviour at level crossings in the Pilbara Inland region Port Hedland Identify potential controls that may reduce these occurrences and information that may assist with targeted public awareness. Summary & Conclusions Re-orientation Find way of negotiating new behaviours Change norms/attitudes Keep new behaviour and prevent relapse Level Crossing Safety is a nation-wide issue From HF perspective violations are complex Human behaviour is a key dimension, but so is design Whole-systems approach Acknowledgements Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation Grégoire Larue, Janette Rose, Matthew Allan, Richard Gale Australian Rail Track Corporation Railway Crossing Technical Group (ARTC, PTV, MTM, V/Line, VicTrack, VicRoads) Rio Tinto, FMG, BHP, Roy Hill Truck drivers? Incentivise High potential but unwilling High Current safe drivers Reinforce High potential & willing Low Willingness to act High Low potential & unwilling Enforcement? Sensation seekers Low Low potential but willing Help Older drivers?

7 2016 RTSA MEETINGS AND EVENTS DATE AND TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION Thursday 4 th FEBRUARY :30 PM Site Visit National Rail Museum, Port Adelaide National Rail Museum Lipson Street Port Adelaide Thursday 25 th FEBRUARY PM Overview of the Office of National Rail Safety Regulator Thursday 7 th APRIL PM Thursday 5 th MAY PM May 2016 Level Crossing Removal Recent Victorian Experience Mass transit tube train delivered by Bombardier London Underground Conference on Railway Excellence Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road, Hilton SA (Corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive) Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 Convention Centre South Wharf, Victoria Wednesday 25 th MAY PM Lessons from the Privatization of UK Railways Thursday 2 nd JUNE PM Computer Simulation of Railway Dynamics Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road, Hilton SA (Corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive) Thursday 7 th JULY :30PM Thursday 1 st SEPTEMBER :45PM Thursday 6 th OCTOBER :45PM Thursday 3 rd NOVEMBER :00PM Level Crossing Human Behaviour Study Level Crossings When is enough, enough? Torrens to Torrens project TBA Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road, Hilton SA (Corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive) Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road, Hilton SA (Corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive) Thursday 24 th NOVEMBER :00PM RTSA SA Division AGM The Caledonian Hotel, O Connell Street, North Adelaide 2016 RTSA Meetings will be on the FIRST THURSDAY of each month from February to December. Any changes will be advised in the Newsletter, or if a last minute affair then by special notice. Presentations in black are confirmed those in red are provisional at this time of publication. Any reader with suggestions for a presentation that is topical and relates to the overall objectives of RTSA should contact Barry Aw (see last page for contact details).

8 RTSA CONTACT AND SOCIETY DETAILS The SA Chapter Committee for 2016 comprises: OFFICE HOLDERS POSITION Phillip Campbell Chair Gary Sharpe Secretary Barry Aw Treasurer Kuldeep Zala Committee member David Ogucha Committee member Mark Jordan Committee member Vacant Committee member TBA For matters directly related to the running of RTSA please contact the appropriate office holder as listed above. For general matters or membership enquiries you should contact: RTSA SA Chapter, Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000 The easiest way to submit contributions for the Newsletter is by to the Editor or alternatively to Engineers Australia members are reminded that attendance at RTSA technical meetings and events contributes towards CPD requirements. Each RTSA technical meeting generally has a value of 1 CPD point. This Newsletter is published by the SA Chapter of RTSA. Opinions do not necessarily reflect ED those FRIENDS of the ARE Institution, MOST WELCOME Society, TO Chapter or Editor. Items from this Newsletter may be reproduced provided they are appropriately acknowledged to the RTSA SA Chapter Newsletter.