Comparison of Annoyance from Railway Noise and Railway Vibration

The aim of this study is to compare vibration exposure to noise exposure from railway traffic in terms of equal annoyance, i.e., to determine when a certain noise level is equally annoying as a corresponding vibration velocity. Based on questionnaire data from the Train Vibration and Noise Effects (...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2017-07, Vol.14 (7), p.805
Main Authors: Ögren, Mikael, Gidlöf-Gunnarsson, Anita, Smith, Michael, Gustavsson, Sara, Persson Waye, Kerstin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Affect
Aged
Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin
Confidence intervals
Environmental Exposure
Environmental health
Exposure
Female
Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa och socialmedicin
Housing
Humans
International organizations
Logistic Models
Male
Medicine
Middle Aged
Noise
Noise levels
Noise, Transportation
Occupational Health and Environmental Health
Physical Therapy Modalities
Physiology
Probability
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Railroads
Research projects
Residential areas
Roads & highways
Sleep
Statistical analysis
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Traffic
Trains
Transportation noise
Velocity
Vibration
Young Adult
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Summary:The aim of this study is to compare vibration exposure to noise exposure from railway traffic in terms of equal annoyance, i.e., to determine when a certain noise level is equally annoying as a corresponding vibration velocity. Based on questionnaire data from the Train Vibration and Noise Effects (TVANE) research project from residential areas exposed to railway noise and vibration, the dose response relationship for annoyance was estimated. By comparing the relationships between exposure and annoyance for areas both with and without significant vibration exposure, the noise levels and vibration velocities that had an equal probability of causing annoyance was determined using logistic regression. The comparison gives a continuous mapping between vibration velocity in the ground and a corresponding noise level at the facade that are equally annoying. For equivalent noise level at the facade compared to maximum weighted vibration velocity in the ground the probability of annoyance is approximately 20% for 59 dB or 0.48 mm/s, and about 40% for 63 dB or 0.98 mm/s.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph14070805