CALCULATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE

This memorandum describes the procedures for calculating noise from road traffic, which therefore provide appropriate guidance relating to highway design and location, environmental planning etc. In Section I a method is set out, step by step, for predicting noise levels at a distance from a highway, taking into account different traffic flows, road configuration, and intervening ground cover. In section II the procedure, physical conditions and equipment for a measurement method are detailed together with details of a simplified measurement procedure which is acceptable in certain circumstances. Examples of the application of the procedures are given in annexes 1-17. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of the Environment, England

  Welsh Office
  Cardiff, Wales  United Kingdom 

  Her Majesty Stationary Office

  49 High Holborn
  London WC1V 6HB,   England 
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 94 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calibration; Charts; Distance; Electric insulating materials; Environment; Forecasting; Highways; Insulating materials; Legislation; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Shape; Sound; Sound level; Structures; Traffic; Traffic flow; Traffic noise; Vegetation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Configuration
• ITRD Terms: 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 3352: Building (structure); 6171: Calibration; 6486: Chart; 2455: Environment; 132: Forecast; 6914: Insulation; 1556: Legislation; 6136: Measurement; 6748: Sound; 6747: Sound level; 755: Traffic; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129986
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R&D Rept.
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM