In recent years, with the change of people’s living and transportation behaviors, there is a similar phenomenon at home and abroad: the stations of the land transportation system not only serve the function of transport, but also possess other functions, for example providing a place for reading, doing business and enjoying relaxation. Advanced countries like the US and Japan have started paying close attention to issues like this. For example, the US has finished relevant studies and proposed recommended values long ago. Japan has published findings of studies on indoor noise environment of Railway station in and Around Tokyo. Therefore, it is obvious that advanced countries have started conducting relevant studies to deal with the change of functions of the stations of the land transportation system in order to get themselves prepared for the lift of demands for quality of life by the public in the future. The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) of the Executive Yuan has the same long-term consideration. The results of the “Program for Development of Indoor Noise Determination and Environmental Recommended Values in Public Places (Stations of the Land Transportation System)” this year include: 1.Finished Collecting and combined the indoor noise measuring indicators and methods for the station halls (or waiting rooms), platforms and access lanes of the rail system adopted by advanced countries such as Europe, the US and Japan. 2.Finished formulating the indoor noise measuring indicators and methods for the station halls (or waiting rooms), platforms and access lanes of the rail system suitable for our country. 3.Finished indoor noise determination for the station halls, platforms and access lanes of the rail system and, making reference to the measuring indicators and methods of foreign countries and formulated recommended values for indoor noise limits for our country in the station halls (or waiting rooms)05:00~01:00 next day atＬAeq(hr)=65dB(A) and platforms 05:00~01:00 next day at ＬAeq(event)=75dB(A) of the rail system. 4.Finished indoor noise determination for the station halls, platforms and access lanes of the rail system and, conducted 126 measurements in the rail system and statistically analyzed their results; including A system total 29 measurements，B system total 27 measurements, C system total 70 measurements. 5.Finished conducted indoor noise determination for the station halls of the rail system and 321 person-time interviews; including A system total 60 person-time interviews，B system total 100 person-time interviews, C system total 161 person-time interviews. 6.Finished 1 Description meeting and 2 consulting meetings to collect opinions from all circles. 7.Collected information on the types of petitions against noises in various public places in the country and formulated procedures for handling these petitions and formulated the “Improvement Program of the Autonomous Noise in the Station Halls (or Waiting Rooms), Platforms and Access Lanes of the Rail System”.

Noise Quality