Assessment of honking impact on traffic noise in urban traffic environment of Nagpur, India

Journal of Environmental Health Science Engineering

Rajesh Gupta²  Tapan Chakrabarti²  Asheesh Sharma¹  Ritesh Vijay¹ 

[1] Environmental System Design and Modeling Division, CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur 440020, Maharashtra, India;Civil Engineering Department, VNIT, Nagpur 440010, Maharashtra, India

关键词: Traffic volume;    Vehicular speed;    Traffic noise;    Honking;   

Others  :  1133319
DOI  :  10.1186/s40201-015-0164-4

 received in 2014-02-23, accepted in 2015-02-01,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

In context of increasing traffic noise in urban India, the objective of the research study is to assess noise due to heterogeneous traffic conditions and the impact of honking on it.

Method

Traffic volume, noise levels, honking, road geometry and vehicular speed were measured on national highway, major and minor roads in Nagpur, India.

Results

Initial study showed lack of correlation between traffic volume and equivalent noise due to some factors, later identified as honking, road geometry and vehicular speed. Further, frequency analysis of traffic noise showed that honking contributed an additional 2 to 5 dB (A) noise, which is quite significant. Vehicular speed was also found to increase traffic noise. Statistical method of analysis of variance (ANOVA) confirms that frequent honking (p < 0.01) and vehicular speed (p < 0.05) have substantial impact on traffic noise apart from traffic volume and type of road.

Conclusions

The study suggests that honking must also be a component in traffic noise assessment and to identify and monitor “No Honking” zones in urban agglomerations.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Vijay et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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