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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has started a national, multi-modal transportation noise mapping initiative to facilitate the tracking of trends in transportation-related noise as changes occur at an unprecedented rate.
9 wrz 2020 · To address this situation, different countries have different strategies like vehicular noise limits and their regulation, vehicles physical health checkup, different time of operations for noisy traffic like trucks in the evening or night time, and noise pollution fines for noisy vehicles.
23 lis 2020 · Around 100 million people are exposed to road traffic noise above 55 dB in the 33 member countries of the EEA (Figure 1). Of these, 32 million are exposed to very high noise levels (above 65 dB). Railways is the second largest source, with 19 million people exposed above 55 dB.
10 paź 2024 · Key messages. Over 20% of the EU-27 population lives in areas where transport noise levels can cause adverse health effects, based on the Environmental Noise Directive (END) (EU, 2002) thresholds. This percentage is much higher in urban areas.
25 kwi 2024 · Abstract. Epidemiological studies have found that transportation noise increases the risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with solid evidence for ischemic heart disease, heart failure, and stroke.
1 kwi 2022 · Road traffic noise is one of the main environmental risks to health and wellbeing. The study provides an in-depth assessment of available road traffic noise data and estimates population exposure and health impacts for >700 cities in Europe.
In urban areas of developed countries, transportation is considered to be the main source for noise pollution. Noise impacts include e.g. annoyance reactions of inhabitants as well as an increased risk of health problems and premature death in case of chronic noise exposition.
