- Standard Practice for Procedures for Measuring Highway Noise
- Standard Method of Test for Measurement of Tire/Pavement Noise Using the On-Board Sound Intensity (OBSI) Method
- Standard Method of Test for Determining the Influence of Road Surfaces on Vehicle Noise Using the Statistical Isolated Pass-By (SIP)
- Standard Method of Test for Determining the Influence of Road Surfaces on Traffic Noise Using the Continuous-Flow Traffic Time-Integrated Method (CTIM)
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Quiet Roads Ahead: Understanding and Managing Transportation Noise
This is the first episode of a two-part series that focuses on the impacts of transportation noise on the road. This episode features Ross Hudnall, Noise Abatement Coordinator for the Virginia Department of Transportation. Ross discusses how the Virginia Department of Transportation is working to address noise impacts.
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Noise & Transportation Overview
Understanding and addressing traffic noise impacts is a key challenge for transportation agencies and planners.
We dive deep into how transportation professionals can address and mitigate Traffic Noise in all transportation projects.
AASHTO Resources
External Links
Highway Traffic and Construction Noise – Regulation and Guidance. This webpage covers FHWA’s regulations under 23 CFR 772, Procedures for Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise and Construction Noise, and provides links to guidance on highway traffic noise and noise prediction and measurement.
FHWA Construction Noise resources including, including Construction Noise Handbook, Roadway Construction Noise Model – RCNM, Highway Construction Noise – Measurement, Prediction, and Mitigation
Measurement of Highway-Related Noise
FHWA resources on noise barriers:
NCHRP 791: Supplemental Guidance on the Application of FHWA’s Traffic Noise Model (TNM) (2014)
NCHRP 25-25, Task 40 – New Noise Barrier Products & Noise Barrier Approval Research & Guidelines (2008): Final Report
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