TRAFFIC NOISE MEASUREMENTS ON URBAN MAIN ROADS WITH GRADIENTS

Measurements of road traffic noise were made at 18 locations on single-carriageway hilly main roads, subjected to speed limits, in the greater London area. The observation sites were 10 M from the kerbside and in positions where the flow of vehicles was relatively steady. Variations of L10, L50 and l90 with rates of flow of heavy and light vehicles, and also with gradients, were determined. The changes of the sound levels with vehicle flow followed a predicted pattern. Because of the relatively high degree of scatter obtained in determining mean values of L10, L50 and L90 under given conditions, for a particular gradient, no definite relation could be established between sound levels and gradient. /Author/TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • Blitz, J
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 311-319
• Serial:
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-460X
  • EISSN: 1095-8568
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0022460X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway grades; Measurement; Slopes; Sound; Sound level; Traffic; Traffic flow; Traffic noise; Urban areas
• ITRD Terms: 2806: Gradient; 6136: Measurement; 6748: Sound; 6747: Sound level; 755: Traffic; 671: Traffic flow; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097769
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM