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Noise from motor vehicles is the most pervasive source of urban noise. Except for locations near to airports where aircraft noise is excessive or near large industrial centers, motor vehicle noise is the controlling factor in setting the background noise levels of our environment. In those few situations where extensive community noise surveys have been made, vehicular traffic noise controlled the noise environment in more than 85 percent of the locations. In this paper we will briefly examine the overall noise characteristics of automobiles, motorcycles, and heavy trucks, and then consider how they aggregate into what we generally describe as “traffic noise.”
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Passenger Car Noise Survey,“ California Highway Patrol, January 1970.
W. J. Galloway, W. E. Clark, J. S. Kerrick, “Highway Noise: Measurement, Simulation, and Mixed Reactions,” NCHRP Report 78, Highway Research Board, 1969.
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Galloway, W.J. (1973). Motor Vehicle Noise. In: Barrekette, E.S. (eds) Pollution. Environmental Science Research, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0330-3_49
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