TRAFFIC NOISE EXPOSURE AND ANNOYANCE REACTIONS

The relation between annoyance and exposure to traffic noise was studied in areas exposed to different levels of city traffic noise. A traditional social survey technique was used and the annoyance was evaluated as the percent very annoyed in population samples of about eighty persons. A relatively good relation was found between the annoyance and the traffic noise level expressed as l equiv or l01. When noise levels in db(a) or number of vehicles were related to annoyance a higher correlation was found for data from the heavy vehicles. If the noise level was expressed as the db(a) value from heavy vehicles (buses, trucks) A dose-response relationship resembling that earlier found for aircraft noise was found.(a) /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • RYLANDER, R
  • Soerensen, S
  • Kajland, A
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 237-242
• Serial:
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-460X
  • EISSN: 1095-8568
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0022460X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Annoyance; Heavy vehicles; Motor reactions; Road markings; Sound; Sound level; Traffic; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Nuisance; Traffic marking
• ITRD Terms: 6527: Correlation (math, stat); 1078: Lock (waterway); 1063: Railway network; 2247: Reaction (human); 2253: Sociology; 6748: Sound; 6747: Sound level; 2234: Stress (psychol); 755: Traffic; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142434
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 1977 12:00AM