The study shows that more than 97% of the U.S. population “has the potential to be exposed to noise from aviation and Interstate highways at levels below 50 decibels or roughly comparable to the ...

New air traffic noise maps show tripling of affected homes, people by 2023 by Aidan Quigley May 29, 2019, 9:50 pm October 17, 2024, 10:23 am. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new ...

There's no denying it: Los Angeles isn't exactly gentle on the ears. That's one lesson, at least, from a comprehensive noise map created by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. On the ...

The maps show the noise impact in a large swath around Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, as well as areas around DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, Cobb's McCollum Field, Charlie Brown Field in ...

People choose where to live based on all sorts of data: Price, public transit, proximity to pizza chains. But noise is tougher to measure. And since sound ...

A brief history of noise walls. When highway planners first started drawing lines on maps, building wide freeways through the hearts of cites, ...

Noise maps based on the END appear useful for assessing residential traffic noise exposure, particularly if combined with survey data on dwelling location. You have full access to this article via ...

The loudest noise within the park is traffic on Park Boulevard in the northwestern corner, which per the map, was comparably as loud in 2020 as a household refrigerator.