A COMMUNITY NOISE SURVEY OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS

A NOISE MEASUREMENT SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF TRANSPORTATION NOISE SOURCES ON THE NOISE LEVELS IN A TYPICAL SMALL CITY, AND TO OBTAIN DATA TO VALIDATE A MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION MODEL DEVELOPED FOR THE PREDICTION OF COMMUNITY NOISE LEVELS. THE REPORT CONTAINS DETAILED TABULATIONS OF THE NOISE LEVELS MEASURED, TIME HISTORY CHARTS, NOISE LEVEL ANALYSES, SITE DESCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION PERTINENT TO THE EVALUATION OF COMMUNITY NOISE LEVELS. /NTIS/

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8979
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No DOT-TSC-OST-72-1
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation System Center

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• Publication Date: 1971-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 605 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cities; Forecasting; Mathematical models; Noise; Simulation; Small cities; Traffic noise; Transportation
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224130
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 25 1973 12:00AM