Road Traffic Noise Measurement: A Review

Abstract

Noise pollution ranks high on the list of citizens' concerns because it causes the widespread of community health problems, occupational consistently, among the environmental pollutants. Road traffic noise dominates many sources of noise pollution.  Due to industrialization and urbanization, the impact of road traffic noise has reached far and wide-ranging effects which increase the noise pollution levels. Hence, road traffic noise has become a problem of immediate concern to several authorities. Ordinances, Anti-noise laws, major highway road laws and alternative governmental laws that concern environmental noise can not be abided while not a priori empirical concerns. Therefore, it's necessary to hold out in depth measurements to research road traffic noise levels and community response.