THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF MAIN ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE IN SYDNEY

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the economic and social impacts of main road traffic noise through an investigation of residential house prices in Sydney during the period 1968 to 1980 and by means of household questionnaires. A survey-control area comparison technique which utilises study areas abutting main roads and control streets sufficiently distant from main roads not to be affected by them, is used to examine differences in mean annual house prices and long-run growth trends of house prices in nine study areas. The general conclusions of this study are that main road externalities contributed to differences in mean house prices between main roads and control streets during the periods 1968-69, 1973-74 and 1977-80, and to the significant difference in the growth trends of house prices in main roads and control streets. Main road traffic noise is a significant but minor determinant of house prices, accounting for three per cent of the variation in house prices on main roads and just one per cent on control streets. The majority of main road residents find main road traffic noise disagreeable, and actions designed to reduce the immediate impact of noise provided the best indicator of annoyance. The thesis was submitted to the University of New South Wales for the degree of Master of Arts (Honours). (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  University of New South Wales

  Gate 9, High Street
  Kensington, New South Wales  Australia  2052
• Authors:
  • Bradley, C R
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Annoyance; Arterial highways; Costs; Dwellings; Economic growth; Economic impacts; Economics; Households; Impact studies; Interviewing; Property values; Regression analysis; Residential areas; Sociology; Sound; Theses; Traffic; Traffic noise
• Uncontrolled Terms: Growth rate
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Old TRIS Terms: Popper tests
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 224: Cost; 308: Dwelling; 255: Economics; 265: Growth rate; 309: Household; 9147: Interview; 2748: Main road; 6588: Regression analysis; 307: Residential area; 2253: Sociology; 6748: Sound; 8597: Thesis; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394828
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM