Railway noise annoyance in Europe: an overview
LAMBERT ; CHAMPELOVIER ; VERNET
Type de document
COMMUNICATION AVEC ACTES INTERNATIONAL (ACTI)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
LAMBERT ; CHAMPELOVIER ; VERNET
Résumé / Abstract
In Europe, approximately 2 % of the population is exposed to railway noise levels exceeding 65 db (a) in daytime: about 2 to 4 % of the European population is annoyed. To protect people living near new lines noise limits are applied. These limits often derive from road traffic noise limits and include an adjustment, 'the railway bonus', based on findings which show that, at a given laeq value, rail traffic annoyance is less than road traffic annoyance. Two main issues discussed here are: l/ the railway bonus derives from social surveys carried out along existing roads and railway lines, not along new roads or railway lines: does the railway bonus to be applied in new situations differ from the railway bonus observed in existing situations? 2/ people are more and more exposed both to road and rail traffic noise (multiexposure situations): how to measure and compare noise annoyance and consequently the railway bonus in these situations?
