8. Noise

Noise is one of the main factors of the ecological threats of civilisation. More than two thirds of the population feel affected by road traffic noise. One person out of four or five feels truly annoyed with noise, in large cities one out of three or four.
8.1 Measurement


Relatively current noise measurements are available for the roads tangent to the plan area for Stuttgart 21, which were carried out in connection with the - not yet finished - updating of the traffic noise mapping in Stuttgart.

Territory according to the Federal Land Utilisation Ordinance	Day	Night
MK, GE (business and commercial area)	65	55
MI (mixed area for both business and residential buildings)	60	50
WA (residential area)	55	45

Table 8-1: Sound technological reference values in dB(A)

The noise levels determined for the daylight hours (6 am to 10 pm) are listed in table 8-2 and the values always refer to the roadside. The noise levels for the night (10 pm to 6 am) are lower by 10 dB(A), in the case of A-roads (e.g. Heilbronner Straße) by 7 dB(A).

The sound technological reference values of Supplement 1 to DIN 18005 (noise protection in urban development) can be used for interpreting the situation (table 8-1). The reference values are even to be applied to the borders of the concerned areas of each type of territory.

When comparing the measured values for roads within the plan area for Stuttgart 21 with the sound technological reference values, you can see that the reference values are now frequently exceeded.

Road	Noise level day dB (A)	Noise level night dB (A)
Arnulf-Klett-Platz	74	64
Cannstatter Straße	77	70
Friedhofstraße between Heilbronner Str. and Nordbahnhofstraße	67	57
Goppeltstraße	53	43
Heilbronner Straße	76	69
Löwentor	71	61
Löwentorstraße	68	58
Mittnacht-/Knollstraße	67	57
Mönchstraße	57	47
Nordbahnhofstraße (southern part)	74	64
Nordbahnhofstraße (traffic-calmed part)	65	55
Nordbahnhofstraße (northern part)	70	60
Pragsattel (margin)	75	68
Pragsattel (centre)	77	70
Pragstraße	79	72
Presselstraße	62	52
Rosensteinstraße	73	68
Sarweystraße	64	54
Wolframstraße between Heilbronner and Nordbahnhofstraße	70	60

Table 8-2: Noise level at the roads within the plan area

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