National Transportation Noise Map

This paper describes the first phase of a national, multi-modal transportation noise mapping tool developed for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) to facilitate the tracking of trends in noise levels over time. The first phase of this mapping tool provides a 24-hr equivalent sound level national inventory for airplane and road transportation sources for the year 2014 using simplified noise modeling. This paper provides details on the noise sources, noise modeling tools and assumptions, and expected future improvements. Noise maps that can be created from the noise mapping tool results have the potential to help policy makers and community planners prioritize noise-related transportation investments such as investments in quieter vehicle technology, construction of highway noise barriers, airport sound insulation programs and land use planning.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC40 Standing Committee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Ahearn, Meghan
  • Baker, Gary
  • Hastings, Aaron
  • Roof, Christopher
  • Strocko, Ed
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
• Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 7p
• Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Land use planning; Mapping; Multimodal transportation; Noise; Noise barriers; Sound absorption; Strategic planning
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quiet vehicles
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01631138
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 17-05173
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 29 2017 9:23AM