Environmental issues: noise, rail noise, and high-speed rail

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6698744

Hall, F L; Welland, J D; Bragdon, C R; Houtman, J W; Immers, B H

The six papers in the report deal with the following areas: the effect of noise barriers on the market value of adjacent residential properties; control of airport- and aircraft-related noise in the United States; a traffic-assignment model to reduce noise annoyance in urban networks; a survey of railroad occupational noise sources; a prediction procedure for rail transportation ground-borne noise and vibration; and high-speed rail in California: the dream, the process, and the reality.

• Research Organization: National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA). Transportation Research Board
• OSTI ID: 6698744
• Report Number(s): PB-88-239835/XAB; TRB/TRR-1143
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Library of Congress catalog card no. 88-16053
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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