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

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