Vehicular traffic is a common important source of air pollution, traffic
accidents, road traffic noise as well as other environmental exposures.
The relationship between each of these exposures and their respective
impacts are nevertheless most often studied separately. An integrated
alternative approach was adopted in the Oslo traffic study to allow
people's environmental annoyances to be studied relative to the indicators
of air pollution, road traffic noise and residential traffic. These
annoyances include annoyance with the smell of exhaust, with dust
and grime, feeling insecure in traffic and being annoyed with road
traffic noise. A hypothesis was that multiple exposures typical in
city areas have combined impacts – that people exposed to both air
pollution and road traffic noise will be more annoyed than in the
respective single-exposure situations. Three environmental studies
in 1987, 1994 and 1996 each year comprising about 1000 respondents
after a response rate of 50%, serve as before–after studies of two
tunnel projects. Personal interviews were utilised in the before
study in 1987 and telephone interviews in 1994 and 1996. Exposure
indicators for air pollution as well as road traffic noise and residential
traffic levels were produced for each respondent by comprehensive
environmental modelling. Exposure–effect logistic regression models
for the probability of people being highly annoyed by the smell of
exhaust and by road traffic noise, respectively, were estimated.
The results indicate that the higher the road traffic noise levels
people are exposed to, the more likely they are to be highly annoyed
by exhaust smell at a specified air pollution level. The higher air
pollution levels people are exposed to the more likely they are to
be annoyed by road traffic noise at a specified noise level. Modifying
factors were controlled for.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Klaeboe2000
%A Klæboe, R.
%A Kolbenstvedt, M.
%A Clench-Aas, J.
%A Bartonova, A.
%D 2000
%J Atmospheric Environment
%K Air Annoyance; Environmental Road Traffic measures noise; pollution; surveys; traffic
%P 4727-4736
%T Oslo traffic study – part 1: an integrated approach to assess the
combined effects of noise and air pollution on annoyance
%V 34
%X Vehicular traffic is a common important source of air pollution, traffic
accidents, road traffic noise as well as other environmental exposures.
The relationship between each of these exposures and their respective
impacts are nevertheless most often studied separately. An integrated
alternative approach was adopted in the Oslo traffic study to allow
people's environmental annoyances to be studied relative to the indicators
of air pollution, road traffic noise and residential traffic. These
annoyances include annoyance with the smell of exhaust, with dust
and grime, feeling insecure in traffic and being annoyed with road
traffic noise. A hypothesis was that multiple exposures typical in
city areas have combined impacts – that people exposed to both air
pollution and road traffic noise will be more annoyed than in the
respective single-exposure situations. Three environmental studies
in 1987, 1994 and 1996 each year comprising about 1000 respondents
after a response rate of 50%, serve as before–after studies of two
tunnel projects. Personal interviews were utilised in the before
study in 1987 and telephone interviews in 1994 and 1996. Exposure
indicators for air pollution as well as road traffic noise and residential
traffic levels were produced for each respondent by comprehensive
environmental modelling. Exposure–effect logistic regression models
for the probability of people being highly annoyed by the smell of
exhaust and by road traffic noise, respectively, were estimated.
The results indicate that the higher the road traffic noise levels
people are exposed to, the more likely they are to be highly annoyed
by exhaust smell at a specified air pollution level. The higher air
pollution levels people are exposed to the more likely they are to
be annoyed by road traffic noise at a specified noise level. Modifying
factors were controlled for.
@article{Klaeboe2000,
abstract = {Vehicular traffic is a common important source of air pollution, traffic
accidents, road traffic noise as well as other environmental exposures.
The relationship between each of these exposures and their respective
impacts are nevertheless most often studied separately. An integrated
alternative approach was adopted in the Oslo traffic study to allow
people's environmental annoyances to be studied relative to the indicators
of air pollution, road traffic noise and residential traffic. These
annoyances include annoyance with the smell of exhaust, with dust
and grime, feeling insecure in traffic and being annoyed with road
traffic noise. A hypothesis was that multiple exposures typical in
city areas have combined impacts – that people exposed to both air
pollution and road traffic noise will be more annoyed than in the
respective single-exposure situations. Three environmental studies
in 1987, 1994 and 1996 each year comprising about 1000 respondents
after a response rate of 50%, serve as before–after studies of two
tunnel projects. Personal interviews were utilised in the before
study in 1987 and telephone interviews in 1994 and 1996. Exposure
indicators for air pollution as well as road traffic noise and residential
traffic levels were produced for each respondent by comprehensive
environmental modelling. Exposure–effect logistic regression models
for the probability of people being highly annoyed by the smell of
exhaust and by road traffic noise, respectively, were estimated.
The results indicate that the higher the road traffic noise levels
people are exposed to, the more likely they are to be highly annoyed
by exhaust smell at a specified air pollution level. The higher air
pollution levels people are exposed to the more likely they are to
be annoyed by road traffic noise at a specified noise level. Modifying
factors were controlled for.},
added-at = {2012-01-27T14:10:42.000+0100},
author = {Klæboe, R. and Kolbenstvedt, M. and Clench-Aas, J. and Bartonova, A.},
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journal = {Atmospheric Environment},
keywords = {Air Annoyance; Environmental Road Traffic measures noise; pollution; surveys; traffic},
owner = {Mu},
pages = {4727-4736},
timestamp = {2012-01-27T14:10:57.000+0100},
title = {Oslo traffic study – part 1: an integrated approach to assess the
combined effects of noise and air pollution on annoyance},
volume = 34,
year = 2000
}