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Author
Language
English
Description
Following a rigid set of testing protocols, data is being collected on highway traffic noise characteristics along with safety and durability aspects of the associated pavements. The overall goal of this research project is to develop and execute a comprehensive, long-term study to determine if a particular pavement surface type and/or texture can be successfully used in Colorado to help satisfy FHWA noise mitigation requirements.
4) Diggers Go
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Come to the construction site and read about the eight construction vehicles that rumble and boom their way through this book.
Author
Publisher
UpstartBooks
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The mayor visits Ms. Reade's school library, and when he decides it is too noisy, he turns off the computers and Dvd players, locks up all the books, and sends the students and teachers away, but soon realizes that a library is no good if it is not being used.
Publisher
Colorado Department of Transportation, Division of Human Resources and Administration
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Brief discussion on the 4 kinds of traffic noise, the decibel as the unit of measure for sound, and the steps Colorado Department of Transportation takes for noise mitigation along highways and during highway construction.
10) The loud book!
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
From the blare of an alarm clock in the morning to snores and crickets in the evening, simple text explores the many loud noises one might hear during the course of a day.
11) Good night owl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Owl takes drastic measures to have a good night's sleep.
12) Yip! snap! yap!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Different dogs make a variety of doggy sounds and the reader is encouraged to join inches.
Author
Publisher
Colorado Department of Transportation, DTD Applied Research and Innovation Branch
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This report presents information and data produced by the Colorado Department of Transportation's long-term study of Portland cement concrete pavement (PCCP) textures used within the state. The information includes vehicle accident, friction, and texture data. This information was used as the for a review of proposed revisions to the CDOT texture measurement method, CP-77, and a specification for PCCP texturing found in Sections 106 and 412 of the...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A professor of acoustic engineering provides a tour of the world's most amazing sound phenomena, including creaking glaciers, whispering galleries, stalactite organs, musical roads, humming dunes, seals that sound like alien angels, and a Mayan pyramid that chirps like a bird.
17) Ducks go vroom
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates three silly ducks' rather impolite visit to their Auntie Goose's house, introducing simple action and noise words.
18) Mr. Quiet
Author
Series
Mr. Men series volume 29
Publisher
Price Stern Sloan
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mr. Quiet, who lives in a small cottage in the middle of the woods in a country called Loudland, has a problem when he attempts to buy food but cannot be heard by the noisy inhabitants of the town.
Author
Publisher
Colorado Department of Transportation, DTD Applied Research and Innovation Branch
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Traffic noise abatement in mountain corridors can be difficult because traditional roadside barriers may be ineffective due to topography or may not fit the setting. This study examined current best practices from around the world to gather concepts for mitigating traffic noise in mountain corridors in Colorado. A literature review of prospective noise abatement actions found that noise barriers are the most effective direct noise abatement measure,...
Author
Publisher
Colorado Department of Transportation, Research Branch
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In 2002, CDOT undertook this study in an effort to better understand the complexities of the Federal Highway Administration's new Traffic Noise Model (TNM). The research involved three analyses.