He has used mobile apps on his phone to record highway noise at over 90 decibels on the playground. “That is like construction-site level of noise that is damaging to hearing,” the electrical ...

To visualize the concept, Swiss researchers measured and compared transportation noise along a highway with a railroad track, over the course of a night. 12 a.m. 1 a.m. 2 a.m. They found that the ...

A $2 million wall to reduce traffic noise in Pasco along Highway 395 wasn’t even finish yet when vandals began scrawling graffiti. Ever since Washington State Department of Transportation ...

But now, Cruz said highway noise forces her to sleep with earplugs. "I would prefer to hear the birds chirping," she said. Cruz played CBS 2 audio recordings of the noise recently taken from her ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — The Michigan Department of Transportation has declined to take up Ann Arbor’s request to look into ways to abate M-14 highway noise. “The type of actions being requested are ...

One Michigan homeowner living alongside a busy highway decided to take the matters of noise-blocking into their own hands — or rather, into their soil. They described their situation in a post ...

Regarding “The I-81 project will add miles and miles of noise barriers. How did the state decide where they should go?” (Aug. 15, 2024): The concrete highway noise barriers that have been ...

Noise relief concessions could account for $10 million or more of the $180 million in costs to widen Del. 1 from Del. 273 to the Roth Bridge, highway officials said Tuesday night. Current highway ...

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation asked residents to vote on the barriers because highway alteration projects are required to include a traffic noise analysis and any noise barriers added ...