The noise level map must be updated every four years. ... Westfield hearing to address possible changes to noise map for Barnes Regional Airport. Published: Aug. 23, 2015, 10:47 p.m. By .

Greenville has a growing problem with severe noise that is harming our health, finances, and quality of life. As a senior planner for a city similar to Greenville, I prepared noise regulations for ...

Given the data at hand, the 65-decibel contour shrank by 970 acres compared to the 2008 map, Repp said. Previously enveloping 1,300 homes, the noise area now includes none.

As originally reported by NPR, the map was made with tools and information collected by the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Aviation Administration to determine average daily noise ...

Burlington officials, the Vermont Air National Guard and the Burlington International Airport are making progress toward a joint noise mitigation commission.

Leahy BTV aviation director Nic Longo said the new map would show a significant change. He said that even with the F-35s present, less land area is now affected by noise of 75, 70 and 65 decibels ...

Still, this is a voluntary program that airports had to opt in to, and NFTA officials should be given credit for doing so. Even if the FAA approves the new, smaller noise map, by the time the ...

The noise maps were last updated in 2006, and the draft maps released Monday are the first to account for the afterburners on the Air National Guard’s F-16 fighter jet engines.

The map also shows that less than one-tenth of the U.S. population is exposed to noise pollution from interstates and aviation that is louder than 80 decibels -- or as loud as a garbage disposal.

An applied mathematician and former Caltech teacher has mapped the loudness of every address in Los Angeles and is, naturally, releasing it in website form. HowLoud founder Brendan Farrell came up ...

Farrell, a former Caltech instructor, and his company, HowLoud, are looking for $38,000 to fund their continental noise map, which will use 3-D models to generate sound profiles for each and every ...