Thomas Smahel Email & Phone Number

Thomas Smahel (CCPE, RSP2), is President and Principal Consultant at Human Factors North Inc. and has over 20 years of experience applying human factors research to the design of safe transportation systems. He is the incoming chair of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Road Safety Committee and a past board member of the Canadian College for the Certification of Professional Ergonomists (CCCPE). He has carried out numerous evaluations of road design, including the design and placement of signs, and he has extensive experience evaluating the design of transit vehicles and on transit operation. Mr. Smahel has acted as a human factors expert witness in over 200 legal cases involving collisions between motor vehicles, trains, transit vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists.SPECIALTIES:- User-centred design of active transportation and complete streets infrastructure- User-centred design of transit vehicles and stations- Forensic human factors analysis in crashes involving pedestrians, cyclists, passenger vehicles, trucks, and transit vehicles- Accessible/universal design in transportation and the built environment- User centred design of symbols, sign layouts, and wayfinding systems- Design of laboratory and real-world experiments to measure human behaviour- Environmental factors and human performance

Listed skills include Human Factors, Ergonomics, Research, Task Analysis, and 11 others.