@article{ref1,
title="The economic valuation of train horn noise: a U.S.A. case study",
journal="Transportation research part D: transport and environment",
year="2006",
author="Bellinger, William K.",
volume="11",
number="4",
pages="310-314",
abstract="This paper provides a property value-based estimate of the dollar cost of train horn noise in a residential neighborhood in a small town, Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania, US. Residential property values are found to decrease by about $4800, or 4.1%, per 10 db of added noise exposure, for an aggregate total of $4,088,799 in 2004 dollars. The primary study was supplemented with information from a neighborhood survey. Dollar value estimates of train horn costs could prove useful in facilitating balanced benefit-cost analyses of horn noise abatement policies such as quiet zones, wayside horns, underpasses, or street closures.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1361-9209",
doi="10.1016/j.trd.2006.06.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2006.06.002"
}