Abstract
Traffic influences the quality of life in a neighborhood in many different
ways. Today, in many patsy of the world the benefits of accessibility
are taken for granted and traffic is perceived as having a negative
impact on satisfaction with the neighborhood. Negative health effects
are observed in a number of studies and these stimulate the negative
feelings in the exposed population. The noise produced by traffic
is one of the most important contributors to the appreciation of
the quality of life. Thus, it is useful to define a number of indicators
that allow monitoring the current impact of noise on the quality
of life and predicting the effect of future developments. This work
investigates and compares a set of indicators related to exposure
at home and exposure during trips around the house. The latter require
detailed modeling of the population’s trip behavior. The validity
of the indicators is checked by their ability to predict the outcome
of a social survey and by outlining potential causal paths between
them and the outcome variables considered: general satisfaction with
the quality of life in the neighborhood, noise annoyance at home,
and reported traffic density in the area.
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