In-Service Performance and Costs of Methods to Control Urban Rail System Noise

Saurenman, Hugh J.; Shipley, Robert L.; Wilson, George Paul; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)

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In-Service Performance and Costs of Methods to Control Urban Rail System Noise

Published Date:

1979-12-01

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English

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In-Service Performance and Costs of Methods to Control Urban Rail System Noise

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Creators:

Saurenman, Hugh J. ; Shipley, Robert L. ; Wilson, George Paul ;

Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)

Corporate Contributors:

United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration

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Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-TSC-UMTA-79-43 ; UMTA-MA-06-0099-80-1 ;

Resource Type:

Tech Report

Geographical Coverage:

Pennsylvania

Corporate Publisher:

United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration

NTL Classification:

AGR-IMPACTS-Environment ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Rail Transit ; NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Energy and Environment ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Transit Energy and Environment ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment Impacts ;

Abstract:

This study evaluates the acoustic and economic effectiveness of five methods of controlling wheel/rail noise and vibration on urban rail transit systems, namely: rail grinding, wheel truing, resilient wheels, ring-damped wheels, and welded vs. jointed rail. The noise reduction methods were tested under revenue operation conditions on the Market-Frankford Line of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority rail transit system. In addition to the evaluation of these noise control methods, the study included an economic analysis of the long and short term costs of the control methods if implemented on typical U.S. urban rail systems. Life-cycle cost equations were developed for the control methods. This report summarizes noise, vibration, and cost results and compares the measurement results with similar studies.

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