title: Problems of railway noise-a case study.
abstract: Under Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, all European countries are obliged to model their environmental noise levels in heavily populated areas. Some countries have their own national method, to predict noise but most have not created one yet. The recommendation for countries that do not have their own model is to use an interim method. The Dutch SRM II scheme is suggested for railways. In addition to the Dutch model, this paper describes and discusses 3 other national methods. Moreover, discrepancies between the HARMONOISE and IMAGINE projects are analysed. The results of rail traffic noise measurements are compared with national methods.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Electronics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szwarc
authors.forename: Bożena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kostek
authors.forename: Józef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kotus
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szczodrak
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Czyżewski
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D009624:Noise, Transportation; D011890:Railroads