TRAFFIC NOISE AND ITS EFFECT ON PEOPLE

A DESCRIPTIVE APPARATUS IS FORMULATED TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF RELATING TRAFFIC NOISE TO HUMAN RESPONSE. THE BASIC VARIABLES OF A SOUND THAT ARE INTRINSIC TO ANY ELEMENT OF HUMAN RESPONSE (MAGNITUDE, FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION, AND TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS) ARE SPECIFIED. MAXIMUM NOISE LEVELS THAT PERMIT SATISFACTORY SPEECH AND LISTENING ENVIRONMENTS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF SPACES ARE GIVEN; IT WAS FOUND TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVIDE SIMILAR LEVELS TO PREVENT SLEEP INTERFERENCE. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT SPECIFYING CRITERIA FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ANNOYANCE IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE NATURE OF THE INTRUDING NOISE, THE INDIVIDUAL, LOCAL OR REGIONAL ATTITUDES, AND EVEN THE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS OF THE LISTENERS.

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• Authors:
  • Galloway, William J
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 1-4
• Monograph Title: Noise abatement and control
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 448
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Frequency distributions; Human factors; Magnitude; Noise; Sound level; Traffic noise
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224468
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309021790
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 11 1974 12:00AM