DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE PREDICTION MODEL. VOLUME 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This executive summary provides a quick look at the work done by the Pennsylvania State University in the development and testing of a new digital computer oriented highway traffic noise prediction model called PSUHTRAN. This volume is the first of six telling the story of the development. The new model permits the user to account for a larger number of site parameters to which the values of received traffic noise levels are sensitive. The source of the development work included indoor research experiments and outdoor field evaluation as well as the model design work itself. The model has now been delivered to the Federal Highway Administration, where a second extensive phase of model test and evaluation is anticipated.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2 - Final Report (TRIS 461879), Volume 3 - Indoor Validation Test Results (TRIS 461880), Volume 4 - Highway Traffic Testing of PSUHTRAN Validity (TRIS 461881), Volume 5 - Basis for PSUHTRAN Highway Traffic Noise Prediction Model (TRIS 461882), and Volume 6 - PSUHTRAN/INDAT User's Manual (TRIS 461883).
• Corporate Authors:

  Pennsylvania State University, University Park

  Applied Research Laboratory
  University Park, PA  United States  16802

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Lawther, J M
• Publication Date: 1985-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Field tests; Forecasting; Laboratory tests; Simulation; Sound level; Traffic noise; Traffic simulation; Validation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00461878
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-TS-85-201, FCP 3322-418
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9515
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1987 12:00AM