Breaking barriers: alternative approaches to avoiding and reducing highway traffic noise impacts /

The most common approach that state departments of transportation (DOTs) use to address highway traffic noise impacts is noise barriers--usually noise walls. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 984: Breaking Barriers: Alternative Approaches to Avoiding...

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Main Authors:	Rochat, Judith L. (Author), Barrett, Doug (Author), McKenna, Shannon (Author), Yoerg, Keith (Author), Cubick, Karel L. (Author), Riffle, Sean (Author), Samples, Lisa M. (Author), Rasmussen, Robert (Author), Sohaney, Richard (Author)
Corporate Authors:	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (sponsoring body.), United States. Federal Highway Administration (sponsoring body.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Transportation Research Board, 2022.
Series:	Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ; 984.
Subjects:	Noise barriers > Design and construction. Transportation agencies > Management. Traffic noise > Environmental aspects. Ministères des transports > Gestion. Circulation > Bruit > Aspect de l'environnement.
Online Access:	Email address required to view/download the free text.

Table of Contents:

PART I Conduct of Research
Chapter 1 Background
Chapter 2 Research Approach
2.1 Literature and Data Review
2.2 Further Investigations
Chapter 3 Findings: On-Road Design Strategies
3.1 Strategy Summaries
3.2 Detailed Investigations
Chapter 4 Findings: Highway Design Strategies
4.1 Strategy Summaries
4.2 Detailed Investigations - Solid Safety Barriers
Chapter 5 Findings: Right-of-Way Design Strategies
5.1 Strategy Summaries
5.2 Detailed Investigations - Low Berms
5.3 Detailed Investigations - Acoustically Soft Ground
Chapter 6 Findings: Operations Management Strategies
6.1 Strategy Summaries
6.2 Detailed Investigations
Chapter 7 Findings: Strategies Implemented by Receptors or Local Governments
7.1 Strategy Summaries
7.2 Detailed Investigations
Chapter 8 Findings: Sound-Absorptive Treatment Strategies
8.1 Strategy Summaries
8.2 Detailed Investigations
Chapter 9 Application of Findings
9.1 Choosing a Strategy
9.2 Practitioner's Handbook
Chapter 10 Conclusions and Suggested Research
10.1 Conclusions
PART I I Practitioner's Handbook
Chapter 11 Introduction
Chapter 12 Purpose of the Practitioner's Handbook
Chapter 13 How to Use the Practitioner's Handbook
Chapter 14 Roadway Types Versus Strategy Matrix
14.1 Roadway Types Versus Strategy Matrix
Chapter 15 Overview of Strategies That Reduce or Avoid Noise Impacts
15.1 On-Road Design Strategies
15.2 Highway Design Strategies
15.3 Right-of-Way Design Strategies
15.4 Operations Management Strategies
15.5 Sound Absorptive Treatments
15.6 Strategies Implemented by Receptors or Local Governments
Chapter 16 Strategy Effectiveness Flowcharts
16.1 Strategy Effectiveness Flowcharts Overview