Title: Evaluation of Traffic Noise—Different Nuisance of Street and Rail Traffic
Abstract: In order to evaluate the noise nuisance it is necessary to research the connections between objective noise measurement and subjective noise perception at various noise intensities. Are there variations in the evaluation of rail vs. road traffic noise in the sense of Sec. 43 of the Federal Emission Control Law (BImSchG) which might make it sensible to set variable evaluation standards and limits (one must take into account the peculiarities of rail traffic)? Studies have shown that annoyance is not only a function of the noise level but also of the type of traffic. The most important results of the studies are: (1) the rail noise is felt to be less bothersome than street noise; (2) the differences in perception of a nuisance are still greater at night than during the day; (3) the differences in perception of a nuisance between rail and street noise are distinctly greater for the peak levels than for the average levels; and (4) the study of individual effects of traffic noise confirm the aforementioned results. In almost all cases the road traffic is more bothersome than rail traffic. From the results of these works one can see that, using the A-evaluation with identical measurement, sampling and calculating methods, one finds the same nuisance from road and rail noise at different noise levels, or that the same noise levels of road and rail noise are experienced as bothersome to a differing degree.
Publication Year: 1981
Publication Date: 1981-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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