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 | July 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 |
Products
Reports
- 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: Including Recommendations for Users, Designers, Manufacturers, and Researchers", Technical, 2025-01-31, Veiligheid NL
- B. J. Daams, J. K. Moore, A. J. Loeve, G. Papaioannou, and R. Happee, "Literature research on vibration of children during transport", Technical, 2025-01-31, Veiligheid NL
- S. C. Bruijn, A. J. Meyers, D. van Ommeren, J. E. Riegstra, and R. J. van Rooijen, "Evaluation of children’s whole-body vibrational comfort in cargo bikes", Bachelor End Project, 2024, Delft University of Technology
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: Including Recommendations for Users, Designers, Manufacturers, and Researchers," engrXiv, 2025, 10.31224/4415
Articles In Preparation or Under Review
- 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: Including Recommendations for Users, Designers, Manufacturers, and Researchers", 2025-09-22, Under Review at Ergonomics
Presentations
- Gabriele Dell'Orto, Brecht Daams, Riender Happee, Georgios Papaioannou, Arjo J. Loeve, and Jason K. Moore, "Vibration Characterization of Strollers and Cargo Bicycles for Transporting Infants," Stockholm, Sweden, 2025-07-29, [Oral]
Media Articles
- TU Delft Media Team, "How comfortable are cargo bikes actually for children?", 2024