Breaking Barriers: Alternative Approaches to Avoiding and Reducing Highway Traffic Noise Impacts
The objective of this research is to develop a resource of innovative approaches--beyond the use of noise barriers--to avoid and minimize highway traffic noise and address complaints. The resource should provide descriptions, ranges of noise reduction benefits, cost factors, and context-appropriateness for design choices and management strategies that may be adopted for other reasons, but that provide noise reduction co-benefits, as well as those adopted specifically to address noise.
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Supplemental Notes:
- The research team has provided a summary report documenting the results of a review of the literature and a survey of state DOTs. View or download the report here: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/docs/NCHRP25-57TechMemo.pdf
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $250000
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Contract Numbers:
Project 25-57
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Sponsor Organizations:
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001 -
Project Managers:
Hartell, Ann
- Performing Organizations: East Longmeadow, MA United States
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Principal Investigators:
Rochat, Judith
- Start Date: 20190423
- Expected Completion Date: 20210422
- Actual Completion Date: 20210422
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Highway design; Innovation; Noise barriers; Noise control; Sound absorption; Sound insulating materials; State departments of transportation; Traffic noise; Vegetation
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Environment; Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01672251
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
- Contract Numbers: Project 25-57
- Files: TRB, RIP
- Created Date: Jun 18 2018 3:03PM