THE COSTS OF TRAFFIC NOISE ABATEMENT

DEKOSTEN VAN VERKEERSLAWAAIBEPEPERKENDE MAATREGELEN

A comparison is made of the costs of (1) noise screens and dikes (2) sound insulation improvement of houses and (3) keeping a distance between highways and houses as measures for traffic noise abatement. It appears that no one type of measure can be regarded as the cheapest in all circumstances and that, depending on the type of urban structure, screens, insulation, or a combination will be the best choice, especially in existing situations. For new planning an important conclusion is that lowest costs are needed when a first row of specially insulated houses acts as a noise screen for the greater part of the area. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap

  Postbus 162
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Klein, W
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 103-110
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Genootschap voor Automatisering
  • Issue Number: 38
  • Publisher: Genootschap voor Automatisering

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Costs; Damping (Engineering); Evaluation and assessment; Highway design; Highways; Location; Noise barriers; Noise control; Planning; Sound; Structures; Traffic; Traffic noise
• ITRD Terms: 3352: Building (structure); 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2755: Highway; 9061: Location; 2886: Noise barrier; 143: Planning; 6748: Sound; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163993
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM