No rigorous psychological study has gone further into this topic, however interesting to all those studying space and time perception, such as the subcommittees from Transportation Research Board ADB10(1) and ADB10(4), which focus only on time use and perception of time and space, leaving speed as a not-so-interesting subject of research. It is also of great relevance to question the “need for speed” as an innate characteristic of human beings. Why would a ride on a regular bus bear different perceptual characteristics than a ride on a vehicle of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)? If people were to perceive a ride on a vehicle as slow, would they be more comfortable perceiving a faster ride, or is there an opposite reaction? If these doubts were solved, it would be easier to influence policymakers in matters of road safety or just plain quality of life. This project addresses a key question to those interested in transportation psychology: how do people perceive three of reality’s dimensions (space, time and speed) in specific modes of transport? Seemingly a poetical question, it has various consequences in terms of perception research. Palabras clave: percepción, tiempo, velocidad, espacio, transporte, psicología del transporte. Como interés teórico, la percepción de tiempo y espacio son discutidas en relación con la percepción de velocidad. Se extraen más conclusiones en el estudio de acuerdo con la utilidad de los datos de la actitud de los pasajeros hacia los servicios y la percepción de seguridad durante los viajes en transporte público. El tiempo fue percibido como más corto en el caso de los pasajeros de TransMilenio. La distancia recorrida fue percibida como mayor que la real en TransMilenio que en los que utilizaban transporte público informal. Aunque la velocidad en TransMilenio era realmente más alta, los pasajeros del segundo grupo la percibieron más rápida y menos segura. Tiempo, velocidad y percepción del espacio en tres formas de transporteĮl proyecto indagó sobre la percepción de varios aspectos de un viaje dependiendo del medio de transporte utilizado, siendo las opciones TransMilenio (Bus Rápido en Bogotá) o bus. Key words: Perception, time, speed, space, transport, transport psychology. As a theoretical issue, time and space perception are discussed relating them to speed perception. Further conclusions are drawn in the study regarding the usefulness of the data in passenger’s attitude toward services and perception of safety during public transport trips. Time was perceived as shorter in the case of TransMilenio passengers than in regular bus passengers. Distance was perceived as higher than real in TransMilenio and the contrary was found in regular bus passengers. Though speed in TransMilenio was actually higher, passengers of the latter perceived it as faster and less safe. The project intended to see if people would perceive various aspects of a trip depending on the mode of transport used, being TransMilenio (Bogotá BRT) or bus. Correspondencia relacionada con este artículo por favor enviarla a Laboratorio de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana * Proyecto de transporte urbano sostenible para América Latina y el Caribe – SUTP LAC. Recibido: junio 3 de 2005 Revisado: julio 13 de 2005 Aceptado: agosto 8 de 2005 Pardo*, Raúl Oyuela-Vargas, Juliana García, Natalia Ochoa** Time, speed and space perception in three modes of transportĬarlos F.
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