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Title:

Simple Methods for Estimating Highway Noise

Accession Number:

01126849

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Simple highway noise prediction methods that do not involve the rigor and detail of modeling using the Traffic Noise Model (TNM) are useful in land planning or to initially determine if additional, more thorough analysis is desirable. Candidate methods for this purpose include Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) traffic noise procedures dating from the 1970s and the much more recent, FHWA TNM LookUp Program which relies of TNM-generated data tables. Such preliminary estimates should tend to be conservative so that findings that further analysis is unnecessary can be made with confidence. This presentation examines the suitability of the various methods for meeting this need by comparing their results to TNM predictions for roadways of various widths with low- and high-speed traffic flows in soft- and hard-ground environments.

Monograph Accession #:

01120148

Report/Paper Numbers:

09-0126

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Staiano, Michael A

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2009

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (11) ; References (9) ; Tables (2)

Identifier Terms:

Traffic Noise Model

Subject Areas:

Environment; Highways; Pavements; I15: Environment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-0126

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 30 2009 4:23PM