TRAFFIC NOISE CRITERIA

SURVEY TECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED FOR ASSESSING PEOPLE'S REATIONS TO TRAFFIC NOISE LEVELS, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER NOISE CONTROL MEASUREMENTS ARE JUSTIFIED. UNITS DEVELOPED TO MEASURE AND INDICATE THE NUISANCE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC NOISE ARE DESCRIBED, THE DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIVE OF THE TRAFFIC NOISE INDEX AND MEAN ENERGY LEVEL ARE DISCUSSED, AND FURTHER RESEARCH IS OUTLINED,

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper 38/69, 9 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Building Research Establishment

  Bucknalls Lane, Gorston
  Watford WD2 7JR, Hertfordshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • Scholes, W E
• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Indexes (Information management); Noise control; Traffic noise
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223163
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 1970 12:00AM