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Strategies and Tools to Assess and Implement noise Reducing measures for Railway Systems (STAIRRS)
Context:
It is recognised in the European Commission's Future Noise Policy
that general environmental benefits would follow a transfer of traffic
from road to rail. Such changes must, however, be achieved without creating
annoyance reaction from the people living in the vicinity of railway lines
and here noise is the key environmental issue presenting a real challenge
affecting the implementation of such a policy.
Given the potential number of different solutions that could be implemented
either on a vehicle or on the track, a study is needed to identify the
relative effectiveness, the benefits, and the costs.
Project:
The CESSE is involved in the workpackage 1 (WP1) of STAIRRS. WP1 has
to provide a cost/benefit software that can be used for the assessment
of various noise mitigation options. Additionally, a capability will be
provided to determine the optimal mix of noise reduction strategies applicable
either at national or European level. The end users of the software will
be decision makers at the European and national levels.
The software tool can provide the basis for answering the following questions:
- Reduction of annoyance for different noise policies (benefit)
- Consider the economic effects of policy options (costs)
- Compare country specific solutions
- Determine night-time freight solutions
- Study the consequences of noise measures on the viability of rail transport
- Assess impact of operational measures.
Downloads available:
- The Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Spreadsheet has been designed to calculate the costs and effectiveness of a noise reduction programme. It is downloadable as free software: CEA-Spreadsheet-v1-0.xls (856KB)
- Slides on a summary of the cost-effectiveness analysis (November 2002): presCEA.ppt (976KB)
Publications:
- Lenders A, Hecq W, 2002. " The cost and benefit functions in the STAIRRS project: Strategies and Tools to Assess and Implement noise Reducing measures for Railway Systems. " In: Internoise 2002. Dearborn, MI - USA.
- Lenders A, da Silva N, Hecq W, 2001. "Cost-Benefit Analysis of Rail-Noise Mitigation Programmes at European Level: Methodological Innovations from EURANO to STAIRRS." In: Internoise 2001 (Boone R., ed). The Hague, Netherlands.
Contact : Aude
Lenders
Begin of the project : January
2000
End : December 2002
Contact address:
Professeur Walter
HECQ, CEESE - ULB
44 avenue Jeanne
CP 124
B- 1050 Brussels
Tel: +32-2-650.33.77 Fax: +32-2-650.46.91
- Researchers in charge of the project
- Aude
LENDERS
Nancy Da SILVA
Université Libre de Bruxelles - CESSE - Last Updated : 4 December, 2002
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