THRESHOLD NOISE LEVELS

HUMAN TOLERANCE TO NOISE LEVELS CREATED BY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC HAS BEEN EXAMINED. A REVIEW OF AVAILABLE LITERATURE INDICATED THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS SUGGESTED MAXIMUM HIGHWAY NOISE LEVELS, ALTHOUGH GENERAL CONSENSUS INDICATES THAT FOR A NOISE BEYOND DBA, COMPLAINTS ARE LIKELY. REVIEWS OF THE LATEST STATE-OF-THE-ART, CONFLICTING STUDIES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAXIMUM SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS FOR HIGHWAYS ARE PRESENTED. CONSIDERATION IS ALSO GIVEN TO THE SOURCES OF HIGHWAY NOISE, TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY HIGHWAY NOISE AND TO THE ROLE VARIOUS LAND USERS HAVE IN SELECTING MAXIMUM HIGHWAY SOUND LEVELS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transp

  11th and Brazos Streets
  Austin, TX  United States  78701

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Young, M F
  • Woods, D L
• Publication Date: 1970-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Human beings; Noise; State of the art studies; Traffic noise
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222602
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 1 1971 12:00AM