THE EFFECTS OF SITE SELECTED VARIABLES ON HUMAN RESPONSES TO TRAFFIC NOISE, PART II: ROAD TYPE BY SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS BY TRAFFIC NOISE LEVEL

The results of the second part of a field study of human response to traffic noise are reported. The influence of traffic noise level, socio-economic status, and road type (freeway or conventional road) were investigated in a controlled manner determined by subject selection procedures. Human response measures were obtained from interviewer administered questionnaires, and were as spatially and temporally coincident with the noise measurements as possible. Noise measurements were obtained from six days of rapidly sampled digital recordings. Although traffic noise level was the major predictor of the intensity of negative responses, other site variables produced significant effects. Parallel variations in the day-night difference in sound levels appeared to contribute velocity-acceleration distributions model. (TRRL) validity of the elicited responses. Freeway noise was found to produce a more continuously disturbing noise environment and was concluded to be a more pervasive form of disturbing environmental noise.(a) see also IRRD abstract no 247568.

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• Authors:
  • BRADLEY, J S
  • Jonah, B A
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Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 170-
• Serial:
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-460X
  • EISSN: 1095-8568
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0022460X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Arterial highways; Deceleration; Engine idling; Environment; Exhaust gases; Forecasting; Freeways; Interviewing; Mathematical models; Monte Carlo method; Physical distribution; Residential areas; Sound; Sound level; Tolerance (Physiology); Traffic; Traffic flow; Urban areas
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 1394: Catalytic converter; 5416: Deceleration; 2442: Emission; 132: Forecast; 2051: Human tolerance; 1808: Idling (engine); 9147: Interview; 6473: Mathematical model; 307: Residential area; 9103: Simulation; 6748: Sound; 6747: Sound level; 5408: Speed; 755: Traffic; 671: Traffic flow; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00317338
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report T26/77 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 19 1981 12:00AM