TRANSPORTATION-RELATED NOISE IN THE UNITED STATES

Nearly every person in the United States is affected by transportation-related noise. This paper presents a brief historical perspective of past milestones in transportation-related noise control, along with a discussion of the current state of the art. Some of the more promising future technologies and research areas in the field are also examined. The three primary modal areas--aircraft, highway, and rail--are discussed separately. Because this is not only an era of shrinking research dollars but also a time in which transportation planning needs to take place on a cross-modal level, the need for sharing of resources among different transportation agencies is also discussed.

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