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Links to information about traffic noise abatement


European Commission websites

• EU noise policy website
   
• Noise steering group website
  Information about the work of the Noise Steering Group and related working groups on the implementation of the Environmental Noise Directive
   
• Good practice guide on strategic noise mapping
  Questions and answers related to the good practice guides prepared by the EC working group on Assessment of Exposure to Noise as well as other information related to noise mapping.

Selected studies and reports

• SILENCE Project
  SILENCE - a research project funded by the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission, aims to develop an integrated methodology and technology for improved control of surface transport noise in urban areas. Issues that will be covered, include noise control at the source, noise propagation, noise emission and the human perception of noise. SILENCE will provide relevant and world-leading technologies for efficient control of surface transport noise, innovative strategies for action plan for urban transport noise abatement and practical tools for their implementation. It will bring about a significant reduction of people's exposure to noise, especially in urban conditions.
   
• SILVIA - Sustainable Road Surfaces for Traffic Noise Control
  Guidance manual and associated downloads from RTD project.
   
• Review of evaluation studies on road safety effects of porous asphalt
  Porous asphalt is widely used on motorways in Europe, mainly in order to reduce traffic noise and increase road capacity. This paper presents a systematic review of studies that have evaluated the effects on road safety of porous asphalt, and concludes there is no clear effect.
   
• Organising urban noise abatement - new ideas (pdf)
  This paper presents generalised marginal cost estimates per vehicle kilometre for road traffic noise from heavy goods vehicles, vans, passenger cars and busses. Based on the impact pathway approach, the study has produced results which are representative for different types of conurbations which makes the results are suitable for infrastructure charging policies.
   
• Noise reduction with porous asphalt - cost and perceived effect (pdf)
  Presentation of Danish experience with two-layer porous asphalt pavement. The findings show that even though two-layer porous asphalt pavements are more expensive than ordinary dense pavements, comparisons of the cost of porous asphalt, noise barriers and sound insulation reveal that asphalt is more economical where there is a need for reduction of the traffic noise.
   
• Development of noise reducing pavements for urban roads (pdf)
  Measurements and results of a research project with the purpose of developing noise reducing road surfaces for urban roads with speeds around 50 km/h. (Abstract in English, body text in Danish)
   
• Two-layer porous asphalt for urban roads (pdf)
  Presentation of the findings of a Danish research project.  
   
• Thin noise reducing pavements (pdf)
  Presentation of Danish experience with thin noise reducing pavements
   
• Transportation noise and cardiovascular risk (pdf)
  Review and synthesis of epidemiological studies regarding the relationship between transportation noise and cardiovascular diseases.

Last update: 20 June 2006 by LMO