Mikael Ögren

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the effect of road and railway noise on property prices and found that road noise has a larger negative impact on the property prices than railway noise, which is in line with the evidence from the acoustical literature which has shown that individuals are more disturbed by road than railway noises.

TL;DR: Nocturnal vibration has a negative impact on sleep and that the impact increases with greater vibration amplitude, therefore, it is necessary to define levels that protect residents against sleep disruptive vibrations that may arise from night time railway freight traffic.

TL;DR: Investigating the relationship between noise levels from railway traffic and general annoyance is influenced by number of trains, the presence of ground borne vibrations, and building situational factors, such as orientation of balcony/patio and bedroom window implies that, for the proportion annoyed to be equal, a 5 - 7 dB lower noise level is needed.

TL;DR: The results link transportation noise exposure to development of obesity and suggest that combined exposure from different sources may be particularly harmful.

TL;DR: Noise exposure from road traffic will increase in the future, both urbanization and traffic increase contribute to exposure, and measures against noise exposure are best taken at the source.