NOISE PROTECTION ALONG URBAN MAIN ROADS

LA PROTEZIONE ACUSTICA LUNGO LE GRANDE STRADE URBANE

This article deals with traffic noise in urban areas where noise levels vary between 75-85 db with peaks that are even higher. The zones studied were mixed residential/industrial areas, each of which have prescribed levels of noise acceptability for day and night, lying between a maximum of 65 db by day in the industrial area, and a minimum of 35 db by night in the residential area; each zone having a difference of 15 db between day and night levels. The placing and effectiveness of sound barriers according to their angle of inclination (convergent, divergent or vertical), are discussed. It is pointed out that whilst their effectiveness in sound attenuation has been proven, there remains the problem of their undesirable aesthetic aspect. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Casa Editrice la fiaccola

  Via Carlo Ravizza 62
  Milano,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Bialetti, E
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 159-161
• Serial:
  • Rivista della Strada
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 427
  • Publisher: Casa Editrice la fiaccola

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Industrial areas; Industrial buildings; Noise barriers; Prevention; Protection; Residential areas; Sound; Sound level; Traffic noise; Urban areas
• ITRD Terms: 343: Industrial area; 2886: Noise barrier; 9149: Prevention; 307: Residential area; 6748: Sound; 6747: Sound level; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159793
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM