title: Annoyance evaluation due to overall railway noise and vibration in Pisa urban areas.
abstract: The noise impact of the whole railway infrastructure was characterized in the urban environment of Pisa, Italy. The ordinary train transits were considered, nevertheless it was given particular attention also to the noise sources referable to railway operations like manoeuvring, loading and unloading, truck movements, braking, squeals and whistles. These kinds of noise are usually neglected in the noise modelling and are hereafter called "unconventional noises". The characteristics of the railway infrastructure and the receptors' distribution guided the measuring point selection and led to a survey with a sample of 119 people ranging between the ages of 35 and 70 and residents in the area for at least 5 years. The differences between the ordinary noise modelling and the measured noise, including the unconventional ones, were investigated. Dose-effect relationships for %HA and measured or simulated railways noise were calculated and compared with others in literature. The last paragraph of this paper is dedicated to the exposure to railway vibration and its relation with noise exposure. The results show the limitations of traditional noise mapping for railway epidemiological studies based exclusively on ordinary transits and confirm the role of vibrations as enhancing factor for disturbance.
authors.affiliation: IPCF, CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, 1 Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy; IFC, CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, 1 Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: g.licitra@arpat.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Licitra
authors.affiliation: University of Pisa, E. Fermi Physics Department, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fredianelli
authors.affiliation: University of Pisa, Biology Department, via Derna, 1 Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petri
authors.affiliation: IFC, CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, 1 Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy; University of Pisa, Biology Department, via Derna, 1 Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Angela
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vigotti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007508:Irritable Mood; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009624:Noise, Transportation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011890:Railroads; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014732:Vibration / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Annoyance dose–effect relationships; Marshalling yards; Measurements and simulations; Railway noise; Squeal noise; Urban noise; Vibration