The Influence of Users' Behavioral Characteristics on Soundscape in the Waiting Halls of Railway Stations

Abstract:

It has been demonstrated in previous studies that the evaluation of soundscape was influenced by not only social characteristics but also some behavioral characteristics of persons. In this study, more than 600 questionnaire survey has been undertaken at waiting halls of 4 railway stations in capital cities of China, to determine how the users’ behavioral characteristics influence their evaluation of soundscape. The results show that the relationships between evaluation of acoustics and passengers’ waiting time, rest or partners is not significant (p>0.1), but visiting times (p<0.01). The evaluation of subjective loudness is the highest, when waiting time at 1.5 to 2 hours, while evaluation of subjective loudness is general lower at other time. The evaluation of acoustic comfort is more different between sitting and standing, when waiting time at 0.5 to 1 hour. The passengers with no partner will give general higher acoustic comfort at first (<0.5 hours), but give lower acoustic comfort at following time.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 518-523)
• Pages: 3830-3833
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.518-523.3830
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Qi Meng, Peng Luo, Yan Ru Li, Jian Chun Guo
• Keywords: Acoustic Comfort, Behavioral Characteristic, Soundscape, Subjective Loudness, Waiting Hall

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