PRELIMINARY FINDINGS SOUND. THE ENVIRONMENT PROJECT BART IMPACT PROGRAM

This report presents early aspects of a measurement and analysis program to assess the acoustic impact of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) on its surrounding environment. It covers findings relative to simultaneous recordings of sound levels taken on-board BART trains and at wayside positions adjacent to the BART tract. These early findings will be combined with measurements of adjacent community ambient sound levels to arrive at an overall assessment of BART acoustic impact on its surroundings.

• Corporate Authors:

  Metropolitan Transportation Commission

  Hotel Claremont
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94705

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

  451 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20410

  GRUEN ASSOCIATES

  LOS ANGELES, CA  United States 

  De Leuw, Cather and Company

  1201 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 46 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Communities; Environmental impacts; Measurement; Noise; Public relations; Rapid transit; Sound level; Sound level meters
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic measurement; Noise sound; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091405
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MTC-TM-13-4-75 Tech Memo
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-30176
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 15 1981 12:00AM