Noise Assessment of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System

Details

• Creators:
  Wolfe, S. L. ; Saurenman, H.J. ; Lee, P.Y.N.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Boeing Vertol Company ; Wilson, Ihrig & Associates ; United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Acoustic measuring instruments
  • Acoustics
  • Effective sound pressure
  • Loudness
  • Measurement
  • Noise
  • Noise control
  • Rail transit stations
  • Railroad tracks
  • Rapid transit
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-UMTA-78-43;UMTA-MA-06-0025-78-10
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1527093
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  San Francisco (California)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Abstract:
  The report describes the noise on and near the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART). BART has approximately 75 miles of two-way revenue track (of which 19.7 miles are in subway) and 34 stations. Noise data is given for specific measurements made in cars, in stations and along the non-subway wayside at appropriate locations. The rationale for choice of measurement sites and the methodology for arriving at the summary noise distributions from the data is discussed explicitly. Measurement and analysis instrumentation and procedures are also described
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11553/dot_11553_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.71 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6ab79fcea863cabfd17e7329e8f0823767c2e4dbbf34dbf082e6763bbc4706a4