A theoretical overview of road hump effects on traffic noise in improving residential well-being

Bachok, Khairun Sarah Radhiah and Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez and Mohamed, Mohd Zin and Ibrahim, Mansor (2016) A theoretical overview of road hump effects on traffic noise in improving residential well-being. In: 14th World Conference on Transport Research 2016, 10th-15th July 2016, Shanghai, China. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Previous studies have stated that an urban residential area’s living quality is threatened by noise annoyance, of which traffic noise is considered the main contributor. This paper aims to discuss if the speed-reducing benefits of existing road humps make them viable as a noise-reducing measure, particularly when the humps do not comply with existing guidelines. The methods used were a literature review and paired-sample T-tests to test the significance of changes in traffic noise at selected road humps. The literature and data showed that noise levels were still high at roads with road humps, due to the frequency of vehicle accelerations and decelerations near the road humps. The noise levels are also above the permissible noise level for Malaysian residential areas. This suggests that road humps are less viable especially when drivers change their speed of vehicles appreciably when approaching the road humps.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Additional Information:	3877/51924
Uncontrolled Keywords:	road hump, traffic noise, residential well-being
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying > NA9053.R4 City planning
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Urban & Regional Planning
Depositing User:	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Azeez Kadar Hamsa
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2016 11:49
Last Modified:	05 Jul 2017 16:13
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/51924

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