Summary
This project's goal is to characterize the vibrations experienced by babies and children during transportation in strollers and cargo bicycles with a eye towards consequences and improvements to health and comfort.
| Theme | Bicycle Engineering | Current Researchers | |
| Last Worked On | March 2025 | Past Researchers | Gabriele Dell'Orto, Jesper Meijerink, Thomas Valk, Santo Bruijn, Alexander Meyers, Dirk-Jan van Ommeren, Jelmer Riegstra, Renate van Rooijen |
| Collaborators | Veiligheid.nl, Brecht Daams (Daams Ergonomie), Riender Happee, Georgios Papaioannou, Arjo Loeve |
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Reports
- Bruijn, S. C., Meyers, A. J., van Ommeren, D., Riegstra, J. E., & van Rooijen, R. J. (2024). Evaluation of children’s whole-body vibrational comfort in cargo bikes. TU Delft BSc Project Report.
Preprints
- Gabriele Dell'Orto, Brecht Daams, Riender Happee, Georgios Papaioannou, Arjo Loeve, Jesper Meijerink, Thomas Valk, and Jason K. Moore, "Vibration Characterisation of Strollers and Cargo Bicycles for Transporting Infants", https://doi.org/10.31224/4415 and repository https://github.com/mechmotum/baby-vibration
Media
- How Comfortable are Cargo Bikes Actually for Children, TU Delft News, 2024