DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER-BASED TRAFFIC NOISE PREDICTION MODEL FOR APPLICATION TO URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN. MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC NOISE; AUSTRALIAN ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY 1985 CONFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS, 24 TO 26 NOVEMBER, 1985, LEURA GARDENS, NSW

The National Capital Development Commission has the sole responsibility for planning, design and construction of Canberra. Central to its consideration of traffic noise has been the application of a predictive methodology with which to assess different development proposals. Until recently, the commission has utilised a manual procedure developed by the United Kingdom Department of Environment for prediction of the 18 hour L10. The application of this manual procedure across a large number of diverse projects, and a range of design options, proved to be particularly inefficient. In order to improve both efficiency and accuracy, the commission in late 1984 engaged the Australian Road Research Board to develop a computer-based predictive model based on the DOE procedure, but designed to provide flexibility in evaluating different problems in urban planning and design. This was achieved by emphasising the interactive character of the model, in particular the ability to rapidly test the effect of changing selected items within the data base. Use of the model within the commission in recent months has already demonstrated the significant improvement it bestows in both the efficiency and accuracy of noise evaluations. The number of the covering record for the conference is IRRD 283994. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Lansdown, P B
  • Wittmark, B A
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 70-75
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  • Publication of: Australian Acoustical Society
  • Publisher: Australian Acoustical Society

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; City planning; Conferences; Design; Economic efficiency; Forecasting; Mathematical models; Traffic noise; User interfaces (Computer science)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Interactive computing
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Environment; Highways;

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• Accession Number: 00466686
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-909882-08-8
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM