RAILWAY NOISE AND VIBRATION ANNOYANCE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS

The 1975/76 I. S. V. R. national study of railway noise in Great Britain combined a noise measurement program and a social survey of the reactions to railway noise of residents within an estimated 65 dB(A) (peak) railway noise contour. A complex probability sample of 2010 addresses grouped in sets of 5 adjacent addresses within 403 compact segments in 75 areas each approximately one mile long was utilized in the study. Each of the 403 clusters of dwelling units became a physical noise measurement site. The results indicate that through train noise, maintenance noise and vibration are the most widely noticed problems associated with railways in residential areas.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Workshop on Railway and Tracked Transit System Noise, 2nd, Lyon, France, October 17-19, 1978.
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• Authors:
  • FIELDS, J M
• Publication Date: 1979-10-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 445-458
• Serial:
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Volume: 66
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-460X
  • EISSN: 1095-8568
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0022460X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Environmental impacts; Measurement; Noise; Public opinion; Railroad facilities; Railroads; Sound level
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic measurement; Acoustic variables measurement; Wayside
• Subject Areas: Environment; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00319658
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 19 1981 12:00AM