6. Conclusion
In the field of transport noise, a number of indices and tools are available that are sufficiently well adapted to characterize vehicle emissions and noise levels in the environment. Their operational use is strongly guided by European regulations and their national transpositions. The effects of transport noise, whose social cost is close to 1% of GDP, are now well documented; their link with acoustic ambiences could be improved, without making the guide values set by the WHO, which are already optimal, any more stringent. In the future, technological developments should make it possible to further reduce noise emissions from vehicles and aircraft, already well under control. As far as housing is concerned, efforts to improve thermal insulation, encouraged by the public authorities despite their cost, have resulted in beneficial acoustic attenuation for residents. However, many homes are...
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Bibliography
Websites
Further information can be found on the following websites:
CIDB (Centre d'information et de documentation sur le bruit) : http://www.bruit.fr
ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency) : http://www.ademe.fr
EEA...
Standards and norms
- Environmental noise characterization and measurement – Fundamental quantities and general valuation methods - NF S 31-110 - 2005
- Characterization and measurement of road traffic noise – General measurement specifications - NF S 31-085 - 2002
- Acoustics – Characterization and measurement of rail traffic noise - NF S 31-088 - 2014
- Measuring noise from accelerating road vehicles – Valuation method...
Regulations
Council Directive 70/157/EEC of February 6, 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles (OJ No. L 042 of February 23, 1970).
Law no. 76-629 of July 10, 1976 on nature protection (consolidated version as of September 21, 2000).
Council Directive 78/1015/EEC of November 23, 1978 on...
Noise exposure data
In the mid-1980s, almost half the French population was exposed to an outdoor daytime noise level of over 55 dB(A). At the same time, 28% of the population was exposed to a level above the threshold recommended by the 1992 Noise Act (table 1 ).
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