[Article] Council to take action on Dublin noise

Victor

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0208/traffic.html

Council to take action on Dublin noise
Friday, 8 February 2008 20:56

A noise pollution survey has found that nearly 60% of Dublin city residents are living with undesirable levels of night time traffic.

The survey, which was carried out by Dublin City Council found that more than 7,000 people mainly in the city centre were living with extremely high levels throughout the day.

The Council is to draw up an action plan following a period of public consultation on how to reduce noise pollution, particularly at night.

The survey found that that railway noise does not have a major impact on overall noise levels.

The findings follow research from the World Health Organisation which has linked noise pollution to 3% of deaths from cardiovascular disease.

The City Council's noise map which is computer generated concentrates on traffic, neighbourhood or domestic noise is not taken into account

Chris_533976

Cutting down on noise in general is good, but c'mon you cant be complaining about noise if you live in the city centre.

Del2005

The City Council's noise map which is computer generated concentrates on traffic, neighbourhood or domestic noise is not taken into account

So they are going to ban cars. Why don't they force the builders to insulate places properly instead of banning cars? As Chris said, you can't really complain about noise if you live in the city. It'd be like buying a house beside an airport and then complaining about planes making nosie, which people do!

markpb

Del2005 wrote: »

So they are going to ban cars. Why don't they force the builders to insulate places properly instead of banning cars? As Chris said, you can't really complain about noise if you live in the city. It'd be like buying a house beside an airport and then complaining about planes making nosie, which people do!

It might surprise you but people live in the city centre in other countries and don't suffer from noise pollution. But like you said, it's entirely to do with building materials.

Tipsy Mac

If dwellings are built so they car traffic can be heard inside clearly it's an issue of lashed together buildings not complying with regulations (if there are any).

Irish and Proud

Del2005 wrote: »

So they are going to ban cars. Why don't they force the builders to insulate places properly instead of banning cars? As Chris said, you can't really complain about noise if you live in the city. It'd be like buying a house beside an airport and then complaining about planes making nosie, which people do!

Why don't the DCC engineers simply use low noise (porous) surfacing like on the M1 (Airport to Lissenhall section). This type of construction is said to last 30 years approx, so would it be all that more expensive in the long run. Also, badly drained roads can contribute greatly during bad weather, so the porous surfacing should help there too.

As for the continuous "digging for gold" :rolleyes: syndrome on our streets, if all sub-surface utilities were sorted out first like on the Rock Road, and that sub-divided utility mains were put in place to rent out to communications companies (instead of subsequent "gold digging" in the aftermath ), then there shouldn't really be too many problems. If any company needs to dig up a road again, then nothing less than a full resurfacing job should suffice and that it should be guaranteed for at least the remaining initial design life period of the road structure.

These guys seriously need a clip on the ear! :mad:

Regards!

BendiBus

Irish and Proud wrote: »

Why don't the DCC engineers simply use low noise (porous) surfacing like on the M1 (Airport to Lissenhall section). This type of construction is said to last 30 years approx, so would it be all that more expensive in the long run. Also, badly drained roads can contribute greatly during bad weather, so the porous surfacing should help there too.

That works for faster moving traffic where the main noise is the sound of tyres on the road surface. In slow, urban traffic it's engine noise that's the problem. Having lived on Church St, beside a set of traffic lights for a number of years, it's vehicles accelerating that's the killer.

I think in the longer term the key solution to urban vehicle noise will be the development of hybrid vehicles, particularly plug-in hybrids where most urban journeys will be purely electric. This is cleaner & quieter. There is no loss in performance in an urban environment - in fact I believe batteries provide more torque than IC engines and no idle fuel consumption so are ideal for stop-start driving.

Victor

I live beyond Rathmines, not in the city centre and sure enough, everyone morning about 5am there is a guy in a delivery truck, revving the engine and shifting gears nearby.

Then theres the guy with the modded exhaust, the cops, the car delivery guy ........

Noisy traffic has been around for a long time, better sound proofing of housing should be considered as well. Go to any decent Airport hotel, you'll hardly hear the aeroplanes taking off!

Run_to_da_hills

The simpler solution .