Eulalia Peris

TL;DR: The main aim of this study was to derive exposure-response relationships for annoyance due to vibration from environmental sources, and use of relevant frequency weightings was found to improve correlation between vibration exposure and annoyance.

TL;DR: Results indicate that vibration annoyance differs with time of day and that separate time-of- day weights can be applied when considering exposure-response relationships from railway vibration in residential environments.

TL;DR: It was found that annoyance scores were strongly influenced by two attitudinal factors: Concern of property damage and expectations about future levels of vibration, which indicate that future railway vibration policies and regulations focusing on community impact need to consider additional factors for an optimal assessment of railway effects on residential environments.

TL;DR: The results indicate that people are able to distinguish between freight and passenger railway vibration, and that the annoyance response due to freight railway vibration is significantly higher than that due to passenger railway vibrations, even for equal levels of exposure.

TL;DR: Four challenges are considered in this paper: the site identification for providing a robust sample of the residents affected, the strategies used for measuring both exposure and response and the coordination between the teams carrying out the social survey and the vibration measurements.