SAFETY, A STRATEGIC ASPECT IN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS DESIGN

Fundamental changes have occurred in transport system design and their relation to assessing a safe operating performance. Such changes should facilitate technological innovation and conceptual change. Integrating safety in fundamental changes requires a ‘conceptual leap’ in safety thinking. New actors and safety aspects put additional demands on engineering design concepts and consecutive school of safety thinking. Changes in the design environment and in the engineering design process put demands on design assessment with respect to a system safety integrator role, failure mode identification, the role of the human factor, rescue and emergency throughout the various phases of the design process.