Nocturnal road traffic noise: A review on its assessment and consequences on sleep and health

Pirrera, Sandra; Valck, Elke De; Cluydts, Raymond

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2010.03.007

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“…Sleep disturbance is a major health issue associated with transportation noise [5,6], and the research evidence is that the physiological effect of such noise on human sleep may depend more on the level and number of noise events in traffic streams than on energy equivalent measures [7][8][9]. Community reaction to sleep disturbance from night-time noise has been highlighted in a review of the increased operations of night-time freight traffic in Australia [10].…”

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A road traffic noise pattern simulation model that includes distributions of vehicle sound power levels

Coensel¹,

Brown²,

Tomerini³

2016

Applied Acoustics

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Annoyance, sleep disturbance and other health effects of road traffic noise exposure may be related to both level and number of noise events caused by traffic, not just to energy equivalent measures of exposure. Dynamic traffic noise prediction models that include instantaneous vehicle noise emissions can be used to estimate either of these measures. However, current state-of-the-art vehicle noise emission models typically consider a single emission law for each vehicle category, whereas measurements show that the variation in noise emission between vehicles within the same category can be considerable. It is essential that the influence of vehicles that are producing significantly more (or less) noise than the average vehicle are taken into account in modelling in order to correctly predict the levels and frequency of occurrence of road traffic noise events, and in particular to calculate indicators that characterize these noise events. Here, an approach for predicting instantaneous sound levels caused by road traffic is presented, which takes into account measured distributions of sound power levels produced by individual vehicles. For the setting of a receiver adjacent to a dual-lane road carrying free flow traffic, the effect of this approach on estimated percentile levels and sound event indicators is investigated. • The software is freely available as a Python plugin to the Aimsun microscopic traffic simulator.• Simulations show that this refined approach affects estimated percentile sound levels by up to 4 dB.• The influence of the approach on indicators for the number of noise events is illustrated.

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A road traffic noise pattern simulation model that includes distributions of vehicle sound power levels

Coensel¹,

Brown²,

Tomerini³

2016

Applied Acoustics

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“…In terms of occupational health, long-term exposure to noise and vibration may affect the ability to engage with vehicle feedback (Majumder, et al, 2009). Quality of rest of CVDs may also be salient, as this affects attention as well as the potential for safety-critical incidents (Baulk & Fletcher, 2012;Bunn, et al, 2005;Darwent, et al, 2012;Hanowski, et al, 2007;McCartt, et al, 2000;Pirrera, et al, 2010). It is possible that further considerations may be necessary in technology design in order to accommodate the British CVD workforce which has a disproportionately increasing average age (Charlton, et al, 2013;Lees, et al, 2012;Llaneras, et al, 1998).…”

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21st century trucking: A trajectory for ergonomics and road freight

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“…aircraft noise) has increased over recent years (Babisch, 2007;Murphy, 2009;Pirrera, 2010). To quantify noise, much legislation and many regulations and guidelines employ the A-weighted time-average sound level, L Aeq,T , with the time interval T of one hour or longer (Survey, 2009;ANSI, 1960;ISO, 2003).…”

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The Uncertainty of Noise Composed of Separate Sound Events

Makarewicz

Gołębiewski

2016

Archives of Acoustics

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Transportation noise is a main source of noise pollution. It is assumed that it consists of recognizable noise events which come from moving aircrafts, trains and boats. The noise of an isolated sound event is assessed by the sound exposure level, LAE. Much legislation and many regulations and guidelines employ the A-weighted time-average sound level, LAeq,T , with the time interval T of one hour or longer. LAE measurements enable an approximation of LAeq,T . The key point is the uncertainty of this approximation. It has been shown that an increase in the number of LAE categories brings about a decrease in uncertainty. For illustrative purposes, LAE measurements of aircrafts taking off and landing were carried out.

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Nocturnal road traffic noise: A review on its assessment and consequences on sleep and health

Cited by 205 publications

References 54 publications

A road traffic noise pattern simulation model that includes distributions of vehicle sound power levels

A road traffic noise pattern simulation model that includes distributions of vehicle sound power levels

21st century trucking: A trajectory for ergonomics and road freight

The Uncertainty of Noise Composed of Separate Sound Events

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