Priority index on road sections for noise action plan (Índice para determinación de la prioridad de actuación en los tramos de carretera de un plan de acción contra el ruido)

Ruiz-Padillo, A; Ramos-Ridao, A; Torija Martinez, AJ; Ruiz, DP

Abstract

It is well known that the road traffic noise is one of the most important contributors to
the environmental impact generated by roads. There no exists hitherto any regulated
guidance or procedure that establishes how to undertake a well-founded prioritization
among the diverse road sections which are included in the corresponding Action
Plans against noise according to the Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC).
In this work, the so-called “priority road stretch index” (PRSI) is developed. This index
is based on a number of variables (called “priority road stretch variables”, PRSV),
which are weighted according to their influence on the road traffic noise problem. This
developed index allows sorting out by priority action the road sections included in the
Noise Action Plans. Also, in order to test the validity of the proposed methodology, the
“priority road stretch index” is applied to the Action Plan against Noise 2008-2012 of
the road network of the regional government of Andalusia in the province of Almería.

Citation

Ruiz-Padillo, A., Ramos-Ridao, A., Torija Martinez, A., & Ruiz, D. (2014). Priority index on road sections for noise action plan (Índice para determinación de la prioridad de actuación en los tramos de carretera de un plan de acción contra el ruido)

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Dec 3, 2019
• Journal: Carreteras
• Print ISSN: 0212-6389
• Volume: 195
• Pages: 1-10
• Publisher URL: https://www.aecarretera.com/servicios/publicaciones/revista-carreteras/revista195/2480-indice-para-determinacion-de-la-prioridad-de-actuacion-en-los-tramos-de-carretera-de-un-plan-de-accion-contra-el-ruido
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• Additional Information: Funders : ‘‘Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad’’ of Spain;‘‘Dirección General de Infraestructuras de la Consejería de Fomento y Vivienda’’ of the ‘‘Junta de Andalucía’’ (Spain);University of Malaga and the European Commission under Grant Agreement No. 246550 of the 7th Framework Program of R&D of the EU, granted within the People Program, ‘‘Co-funding of regional, national and international programs (COFUND)’’.; Grant Number: TEC2012-38883- C02-02; Grant Number: Agreement Grant no. 246550