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Noise

Key Resources

Listed below are research, documents and reports pertinent to noise.  If you would like to suggest additional research, documents, or reports on this topic, please submit a short description to AASHTO (including any pertinent links) on the Share Info with AASHTO form.

• AASHTO Resources
  • 2018 Traffic Noise Practitioners Summit: This event brought together noise practitioners throughout the country, as well as staff from AASHTO and FHWA, to discuss emerging topics of interest in the field.
  • AASHTO Products:

    • 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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• FHWA Resources
  • 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)
  • FHWA resources on noise barriers:
    

    • Abatement
    • Acceptance Criteria
    • Design and Construction
    • Inventory
    • Research
    • Wildlife Effects
  • Noise Compatible Planning (FHWA)
  • Noise Effect on Wildlife (FHWA)
  • Tire Pavement Noise (FHWA)
  • Traffic Noise Model (FHWA)
  • Training (FHWA)

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• Transportation Research Board/NCHRP
  • 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
    Appendix A

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