The Assessment of Annoyance Due to Train Noise

Authors

  • J. R. Hemingway Noise Pollution Control Section, Pollution Control Branch Ministry of the Environment, Ontario

Abstract

To fulfill the need for an assessment scale for determination of annoyance due to train noise a project was instituted the Noise Pollution Control Section of the Ministry of the Environment and financed throught the Experience '75 scheme. The objectives of the project, as relevant to this paper, were to perform noise measurements at various sites close to railway tracks in the Metro Toronto area; to analyze these noise measurements on a day, evening and night basis to yield different statistical parameters and also train parameters such as audible train duration; to perform interviews with people living close to the monitoring locations; to correlate the noise descriptors with the sociological survey results; to choose the most appropriate noise descriptor and finally to construct a train noise annoyance rating scale based on this noise descriptor. The overall objectives of the project were wide and not confined to the investigation of train noise annoyance. Much socio-economic data were obtained as well as information on the assessment of other noise sources. This report will be concerned only with the train noise aspects of the project.

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Published

1976-10-01

How to Cite

1.
Hemingway JR. The Assessment of Annoyance Due to Train Noise. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 1976 Oct. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 5];4(4):13-20. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/395

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 4 (1976)

Section

Technical Articles

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