Traffic noise: Annoyance assessment of real and virtual sounds based on close proximity measurements

F Soares, E Freitas, C Cunha, C Silva, J Lamas… - … Research Part D …, 2017 - Elsevier
The negative impact of noise on human health is well established and a high percentage of
environmental noise is related with traffic sources. In this study, we compared annoyance …

Effects of urban motorways on physical activity and sedentary behaviour in local residents: a natural experimental study

RG Prins, L Foley, N Mutrie, DB Ogilvie… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background There is little evidence on how changing the physical environment changes
health-related behaviours. We studied the effects of the new M74 motorway (freeway) …

Tyre/Road Noise Annoyance Assessment Through Virtual Sounds

E Freitas, J Lamas, C Silva, F Soares… - Advances in Noise …, 2016 - books.google.com
Road-traffic noise is the most significant source of environmental noise. Among the several
different sources of noise emission from vehicles, tyre/road noise at speeds above 40 km/h …