The fire risk of sound barriers and soundproof tunnels near highways and urban arterial roads will be reduced, and their design will become more pleasant. On the 18th, the Ministry of Land, ...

A combined solution offers better protection against traffic noise – and can also benefit two-wheeled road-users. A combined solution offers better protection against traffic noise -- and can also ...

GRAND CHUTE - Nine noise barriers will be installed along Interstate 41 through the Fox Valley as part of the expansion project. Over 800 households voted earlier this year on whether noise barriers ...

The ‘Forest Corridor’ proposal has won one of the 2nd prizes (Professional Category) in the Open International Competition for Noise Barrier/Enclosure organized by the Hong Kong Government. Designed ...

Highway noise barriers are a pretty common blight on American interstates, there to protect nearby homes and businesses from the motoring sounds of cars and trucks whizzing by. But what if I told you ...

The Long Acres neighborhood is expected to get its long-awaited noise barrier along I-295, possibly as soon as this summer. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has scheduled a public ...

Road traffic noise is linked to a heightened risk of developing a mid-riff bulge, indicates new research. Road traffic noise is linked to a heightened risk of developing a midriff bulge, indicates ...

In the 1920s and 1930s, car tires were relatively quiet. They were narrow—just two or three inches—and generally didn’t spin down roads fast enough to make much noise. But in the 1940s tires started ...