TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - The economic valuation of train horn noise: a U.S.A. case study
JO  - Transportation research part D: transport and environment
A1  - Bellinger, William K.
SP  - 310
EP  - 314
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 1361-9209
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2006.06.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -