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Background Over recent years, a dramatic increase in traffic has occurred in Europe, which has led to an increase in noise pollution. Noise pollution significantly affects the quality of life of inhabitants in urban areas, through direct and indirect effects on health. Road noise plays an important role in this issue, and is a predominant source of noise ...

"Ground vibration, effected by rail services, is an important environmental concern, affecting European citizens nearby any rail infrastructure. Surveys show that many Europeans are subjected to annoying levels of feelable vibration and vibration-induced noise. Although solutions are available for track in tunnels, tracks at grade are a much more extensive problem even for vibration-induced noise. ...