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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 Participants also complain about the outdated image of turboprops.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.

Background: A valid distribution of key anthropometric parameters among participants is often a perquisite of ergonomics research. Objective: In this paper, we investigated the accuracy of self-report stature and body mass of the population in the Netherlands. Methods: Data from 4 experiments was synthetized where in each experiment, participants self-reported their stature and body mass prior to being measured, of which they were not notified before. Results: Statistical analysis of 249 records indicated that on average, participants overreported the stature by 1.31 cm and underreported their mass by 1.45 kg. This is especially true for people with a BMI≥25. Conclusion: Two models were proposed to adjust the self-reported stature and body mass for ergonomic researchers in a survey or recruitment. Limitations in using the models are highlighted as well.