CRITERIA AND LIMITS FOR WAYSIDE NOISE FROM TRAINS

Existing knowledge on speech interference, community annoyance, hearing hazard and sleep disturbance is reviewed in order to suggest criteria for the wayside noise from trains, it being borne in mind that the sound is intermittent and its points of reception may be indoors or outdoors. Criteria in terms of energy equivalent sound level are suggested for speech interference, community annoyance and hearing hazard. No authoritative criterion for sleep disturbance was found. Limits recommended by other authorities are summarized, and there is a worked example assessing the impact of a new urban rail system.(a) /TRRL/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/0022460X
• Corporate Authors:

  Academic Press Incorporated

  Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square
  London W1,   England 
• Authors:
  • MAY, D N
• Publication Date: 1976-6-22

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 537-50
• Serial:
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-460X
  • EISSN: 1095-8568
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0022460X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environment; High speed rail; Human factors; Noise; Noise sources; Population; Public transit; Railroad facilities; Railroads; Rapid transit; Residential areas; Sound; Sound level; Stress (Psychology); Ultimate load design; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Railway; Rapid transit noise; Wayside
• ITRD Terms: 2455: Environment; 6452: Limit; 335: Population; 744: Public transport; 307: Residential area; 6748: Sound; 6747: Sound level; 2234: Stress (psychol); 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141498
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 3 1981 12:00AM