Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Noise Impact Assessment

• Synthesis of Noise Effects on Wildlife Populations (2004)

Noise Mitigation

• Highway Noise Barrier Design Package.  This package includes a noise barrier design manual entitled "FHWA Highway Noise Barrier Design Handbook;" an accompanying 40-minute videotape, which highlights all the facets of barrier design included in the manual; and a CD-Rom, which contains an extensive noise barrier design photographic library and an electronic copy of the noise barrier design manual. Distribution Memorandum - Date: August 2, 2000.
• Keeping the Noise Down, Highway Traffic Noise Barriers
• FHWA Highway Noise Barrier Handbook
• Insulation of Buildings Against Highway Noise (August 1, 1977)
• A Guide to Visual Quality in Noise Barrier Design (December 1976) (Distribution Memorandum)

Special Use Facilities

• A Method to Determine Reasonableness and Feasibility of Noise Abatement at Special Use Locations (September 23, 1997) (Distribution Memorandum)

Construction Noise

• FHWA Highway Construction Noise Handbook (August 2006)
• FHWA Roadway Construction Noise Model User’s Guide (January 2006)
• Highway Construction Noise: Measurement, Prediction, and Mitigation (1977)

Noise Compatible Planning

• Entering the Quiet Zone: Noise Compatible Land Use Planning (September 26, 2002)
• The Audible Landscape: A Manual for Highway Noise and Land Use (October 1995)
• Living with Noise  (Public Roads Magazine, July/August 2003)

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

• Land Use Compatibility and Airports (September 1999)

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

• Summary of European High-Speed Noise and Vibration Measurements (April 1996)
• High-Speed Ground Transportation Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment (October 2005)
• FRA Grade Crossing Noise Model

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• Guide on Evaluation and Abatement of Traffic Noise (1993)
• Guide on Evaluation and Abatement of Traffic Noise (Single User Digital Publication) (1993)

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• Alaska DOT
  • Environmental Standards: Noise 
• Arizona DOT
  • Noise Policy  
• California DOT
  • Noise and Vibration
  • Transportation- and Construction-Induced Vibration Guidance Manual (June 2004)
• Colorado DOT
  • Noise Assessment and Abatement Program 
• Connecticut DOT
  • Guide to Understanding Air Quality and Traffic Noise 
• District of Columbia DOT
  • DDOT Design and Engineering Manual Chapter on Noise Barriers and a Noise Barrier Constructability Study 
• Florida DOT
  • Noise Abatement Policy 
• Georgia DOT
  • A Working Guideline for Highway Noise Barrier Construction 
• Idaho DOT
  • Draft Environmental Process Manual (Jan. 2007) Section 1300: Noise 
• Illinois DOT
  • Highway Traffic Noise
• Indiana DOT
  • Traffic Noise Policy 
• Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
  • Noise Baseline Guidance and Accountability Form
• Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
  • DOTD Highway Traffic Noise Policy 
• Maine DOT
  • Noise Impact Analysis
• Maryland SHA
  • Sound Barrier Policy - A Community Resource Guide to Sound Barriers 
• Massachusetts Highway Department
  • Type II Noise Barrier Implementation Plan
• Michigan DOT
  • Noise Abatement Program 
• Minnesota DOT
  • Noise Policy 
• Montana DOT
  • Noise Analysis and Abatement: Policy and Procedure Manual 
• Nebraska Department of Roads
  • Noise Analysis and Abatement Policy for Federal-Aid Type I Projects 
• New Jersey DOT
  • Noise Policy
  • Noise Policy Technical Appendix
  • Traffic Noise Management Policy And Noise Wall Design Guidelines
• New York State DOT
  • Noise Analysis 
• North Carolina DOT
  • Traffic Noise and Air Quality Section 
• Oregon DOT
  • Noise Manual 
• Virginia DOT
  • Noise Barrier Walls 
• Washington State DOT
  • Highway Traffic Noise
  • Noise FAQs
  • Noise Walls
  • Noise Policy and Procedures - 2006
  • Noise Study Data Requirements
  • Noise Variance Data Requirements
  • Temporary Noise Shield Details
  • Environmental Procedures Manual Noise Chapter 446
  • WSDOT Noise Wall Standard Plans
• Wisconsin DOT
  • Facilities Development Manual, Construction Noise

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• General Noise Information
  • Transportation Noise: Measures and Countermeasures (TR News, September/October 2005)
• Noise Impact Assessment
  • Wheel/Rail Noise Control Manual  (TCRP Report 23) (1997)

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