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The Survey - Hungary Survey road and rail noise/VTTS & Survey aircraft noise annoyance

Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The Survey - Hungary Survey road and rail noise/VTTS & Survey aircraft noise annoyance HEATCO meeting, Las Palmas, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits – Somogyi MSc in Transportation Engineering PhD student, BUTE. Contents.

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The Survey - Hungary Survey road and rail noise/VTTS & Survey aircraft noise annoyance

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  1. Budapest University of Technology and Economics The Survey - Hungary Survey road and rail noise/VTTS & Survey aircraft noise annoyance HEATCO meeting, Las Palmas, 19-20 January 2006 Rita Markovits – Somogyi MSc in Transportation Engineering PhD student, BUTE

  2. Contents The HEATCO project • Survey road and rail noise • Value of Travel Time Savings (VTTS) • Survey aircraft noise annoyance HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  3. Survey road/railway noise Focus group HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi www.fotosearch.com

  4. The Participants (I.) No Noise Lden = 40-45dB(A) Lden =45-50dB(A) Road Noise Lden = 75-80 dB(A) HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  5. The Participants (II.) Railway Noise Lden = 70-75dB(A) Road Noise Lden = 65-70dB(A) and Railway Noise Lden = 70-75dB(A) HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  6. The „annoyance question” Difficulties in understanding • „how did it affect you?” – a small mistake • what does „one year” mean? • road or railway? What if there is no railway? HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  7. Annoyed? HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  8. The Scenario Noise absorbing road cover • have not heard of anything like that before • how does it work? • what material is it made of? is it not carcinogenic? • they think there are other solutions, so why invent a new? •  need more information HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  9. WTP – Problematic points The payment vehicle • do only those have to pay, who are affected by noise? • do only those pay, who want to pay? (not fair) • is it not incorporated in taxes? •  high rate of protest zeros HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi http://mehitabel.tamu.edu/crossroads/images/clipart/money.gif

  10. WTP – Results HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi http://mehitabel.tamu.edu/crossroads/images/clipart/money.gif

  11. High Rate of Zeros The protest zeros The genuines • I do not want to pay, Ipay taxes enough, • I pay for it already • if I must pay, I will, but otherwise… • I will only pay, if everybody else does • I am not bothered by noise • I cannot afford to pay • need for reduction at the source + a new transportation policy • this is only a minor problem HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  12. Other Interesting Points • embedding was detected • it did not occur to the participants that their dwellings could become more valuable • „regulations are not adhered to” • tax: „money down the drain,” the money collected for this purpose would not be spent on noise mitigation • have the politicians ordered this survey? (mistrust) • tram noise: is it railway noise? HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  13. Conclusions of the focus group • need a more exact „annoyance-question” • need more information about road cover or several measures instead of just one • elimination of embedding? • deal with high rate of protest zeros! • separate „noise charge” from taxes (and politics)? HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  14. Survey road/railway noise Pilot test HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi www.fotosearch.com

  15. Pilot test Changes needed • include feedback about the role of the State (if IP says, the Government should pay all the costs) • simpler WTP question • include explanation at the end (that the measures will not be implemented in the near future) HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi www.fotosearch.com

  16. Survey road/railway noise Results HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi www.fotosearch.com

  17. Road traffic noise annoyance HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  18. How sensitive are you to noise? • highest percentage of „very sensitive” • highest percentage of „extremely annoyed” • AND the highest percent of • zero WTP HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  19. 14% 29% 36% 4% 61 % 47% 23% What are the consequences? Road noise …does not add up to 100%! HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  20. Main reasons for zero WTP …do not add up to 100%! • Government should pay (64%) • I cannot afford to pay (49%) • I am not that annoyed by noise that I would pay (41%) • I already pay enough charges and taxes (31%) HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  21. WTP values (road noise) values in € • 50 % increase in WTP after removing Protest 1 group • Urban WTP higher in Hungary • WTP increases as annoyance level rises (as expected) HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  22. Rail noise annoyance … as compared to road noise annoyance HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  23. What are the consequences? …does not add up to 100%! Rail noise HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  24. WTP values 1. values in € • WTP results 50% higher than for road • Explanation could be: people do not pay taxes related to railway transport HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  25. WTP values 2. „The State should pay” • Road noise: 57 % • Rail noise: 34 % There have been some measures to reduce noise: • Road noise: 4 % • Rail noise: 10 % HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  26. Why do you pay? HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  27. Are you at home on weekdays? HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  28. Value of Travel Time Savings prepared by Ádám Török HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Ádám Török www.fotosearch.com

  29. In Hungary people often use public transportation No. of respondents The journeys to work take approximately 40 minues. HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Ádám Török

  30. If you were to make the exact same journey to work next week, what do you think would be the chance of experiencing an unexpected delay of 5 minutes or more? HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Ádám Török

  31. Travel time maximum WTP for a 5 minutes reduction – (percentages) HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Ádám Török

  32. Travel time maximum WTP for a 10 minutes reduction – (percentages) HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Ádám Török

  33. Survey aircraft noise annoyance HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi www.fotosearch.com

  34. Survey aircraft noise annoyance Schedule • Focus group End of Nov. 2005. • Pilot test Beginning of Dec. 2005. • Survey – 1000 sample Beginning of Jan. 2006. HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi www.fotosearch.com

  35. Structure • Version 1. – the „original” one, adapted to a/c noise • Version 2. – noise mitigation offered – but mentioning the EU – to see how it effects the No. of protest zeros • Version 3. – several goods offered – to examine embedding •  focus group tests Version 3. HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi www.fotosearch.com

  36. Survey aircraft noise annoyance Focus group HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi www.fotosearch.com

  37. Focus group Main questions: • how much are they • annoyed/bothered? • is the scenario plausible? (mentioning EU – any difference?) • - air pollution/smog • - noise • - risk of accidents • WTP? to decrease HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi http://cas.wcu.edu/healths/images/MHS_question-mark.jpg

  38. Participants of the Focus Group 16 Nov. 2005 HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  39. …noise? …air pollution? …risk of accidents? …vibrations? How much are you annyoyed by…

  40. Is the scenario plausible? • Air pollution: effect of road traffic and aircraft noise not distinguishable • Noise: • - noise barrier – rejected • - relocation of engines – not plausible • - active noise control – good!  focus on this • Accident risk: • distance of tracks • – no problem • recommend: increase • resting time periods HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi http://www.dak.hu/images/content/kep_ref_11.jpg

  41. WTP? • seemingly lower percent of protest zeros • (effect of mentioning the EU?, „weight tax”) • no WTP for accident risks HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  42. Further remarks • „is it really spent on the given cause?” • does not know such (aviation) organisation • which would be reliable (in what they say) • „no sufficient level of knowledge” • road traffic – worse problems HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi http://media.nasaexplores.com/lessons/03-053/images/interview.gif

  43. Survey aircraft noise annoyance Pilot test HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi www.fotosearch.com

  44. Pilot test Changes to the questionnaire • accident risk omitted (no WTP!) • (but „are you afraid of aircrafts?” question remains) • include: what do you like/not like about your neighbourhood • emphasize: EU only funds the project if inhabitants pay their share • regrouping the questions HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  45. Final Questionnaires Version 1. – the „original” adapted • included questions about the neighbourhood • regrouped the questions: • - pollution • - noise • - accident risks • scenario: noise absorbing walls, banning the noisiest a/c, active noise control • WTP – what is the money really offered for? HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  46. Final Questionnaires 2. Version 1. – Socio-economic background • „How many persons live in your household?” • – children: above 18 • Financial situation • – monthly net income in Ft • – lower levels of income in the table • Additional questions • – attitude towards air transport • – attitude towards environment protection HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  47. Final Questionnaires 3. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/EU/eurobricks_small.jpg Version 2. – Different scenario • the EU DG Environment • has launched the project • EU controls the fund • project starts only if inhabitants pay their share HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  48. Final Questionnaires 4. Version 3. – Two goods offered • the scenario for noise remains the same (mentioning EU) • another scenario added: air pollution • – changes in the fuel components • – no fuel release into air • – new regulations • air pollution is by purpose the first good to be offered! • opportunity to change WTP HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  49. The sample • To determine the significance of the following factors: • neighbourhood (city rural area) • income • education • age • attitude towards environment protection based on the noise map of the airport HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi

  50. Survey aircraft noise annoyance Some preliminary results HEATCO, Las Palmas meeting, 19-20 January 2006. Rita Markovits-Somogyi www.fotosearch.com

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