Title
Is freight traffic noise more annoying than passenger traffic noise?
Author
de Jong, R.G.
Miedema, H.M.E.
TNO Preventie en Gezondheid
Publication year
1996
Abstract
In the Netherlands a new freight-only railway route, the "Betuweroute", is being planned to carry freight traffic from Rotterdam harbour east into Germany. Inhabitants of areas near the future route are concerned about noise and vibration, and question the relevance of current legislation for a "freight-only" line. An analysis of field surveys, examining the relative impact of freight and passenger trains, suggests that insufficient evidence exists to support this concern. A TNO data archive contains, among others, the complete data sets from the British [1], German [2] and Dutch [3] railway noise surveys. An analysis of the role of the proportion of freight trains in the total amount of railway traffic was conducted. While residents are more likely to report annoyance with "freight traffic" generally, it has been found that after the effects of differing noise levels are removed, no consistent differences in dose-response relations were found between routes with a small or high proportion of freight trains. These results do not support the need for special legislative provisions for freight-only lines. © 1996 Academic Press Limited.
Subject
Acoustics and Audiology
Data structures
Environmental impact
Freight cars
Laws and legislation
Passenger cars
Surveys
Vibrations (mechanical)
Annoyance
Dose response relations
Freight only line
Freight traffic noise
Noise levels
Passenger traffic noise
Acoustic noise
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TNO identifier
233332
ISSN
0022-460X
Source
Journal of Sound and Vibration, 193 (1), 35-38
Document type
article