METROPOLITAN AREAS

While buses ordinarily make up only a very small percentage of vehicles in a typical traffic stream, there are certain situations in which they can dominate noise level. The article analyzes two such situations through a series of noise measurements. Results of these studies include a bus noise emission level and spectrum for a typical urban bus, and a regression analysis to determine the feasibility of an empirically based prediction model. The data developed should be particularly useful in the analysis of integrated traffic situations using existing highway traffic noise prediction methodologies.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University

  Ray W. Herrick Laboratories
  140 S Martin Jischke Drive
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47906
• Authors:
  • Cohn, L F
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 338-42
• Serial:
  • Noise Control Engineering Journal
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Institute of Noise Control Engineering
  • ISSN: 0736-2501

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Exhaust gases; Forecasting; Mathematical models; Measurement; Metropolitan areas; Regression analysis; Sound level; Traffic noise
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00316994
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1980 12:00AM