Nordicroads.com

Follow us:

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter
Skip to content
  • Start
  • The issues
  • About Nordic
  • Contact
  • Publications
  • Subscribe to newsletter
Nordic Road and Transport Research

Tag Archives: noise reduction

The Roads of the Future May Be Ground

Posted on October 28, 2013 by nradmin
Ground asphalt
A test carried out by VTI shows that ground asphalt produces less noise and reduced emissions. It has been known for a long time that grinding a concrete floor leads to reduced wear by trucks and other vehicles. But is it also possible to grind roads to make the asphalt smoother, with reduced...

Read more
Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged asphalt, noise reduction | Comments Off on The Roads of the Future May Be Ground

Thin Layer Pavements – Long Time Effect of Noise Reduction

Posted on April 15, 2013 by nradmin
Roadside noise measurement a
In 2003 the Danish Road Directorate (DRD) started a co-operation with local administrations and asphalt contractors to develop noise reducing thin layer pavements and to construct such pavements on test sections. This article contains a status of the noise measurements carried out in the period...

Read more
Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged asphalt, DRD, noise reduction | Comments Off on Thin Layer Pavements – Long Time Effect of Noise Reduction
  • TRID

  • Categories

    • Conference (16)
    • Cycling (9)
    • Economics (4)
    • Energy and Fuel (20)
    • Environment and Climate (38)
    • Flight (2)
    • Freight Transport (19)
    • Human Behaviour and Attitudes (26)
    • Infrastructure (32)
    • Intelligent Transport Systems (17)
    • Maintenance (21)
    • Passenger Transport (26)
    • Policy and Planning (21)
    • Safety (56)
    • Simulation (6)
    • Traffic and Traffic Control (13)
    • Vehicles (42)
  • Article tags

    air pollution automated driving automation behaviour bicycle C-ITS cycling cyclists DRD driver driver fatigue electric roads electric vehicles emissions environment EU-project fatigue fossil free freight transport intelligent transport systems international conference ITS logistics maintenance maritime shipping mobility motorcycle non-studded tyres particles pedestrians pm10 public transport road dust road safety road surface safety simulation simulator sleepiness traffic traffic safety winter winter maintenance winter road maintenance winter tyres
  • Nordic wants to highlight:

    Transportportal.se - Swedish Transport Research Portal – Website which contains several databases with information about transport research and a conference diary.

  • Previous newsletters

    No. 3 2019
    No. 2 2019
    No. 1 2019
    No. 4 2018
    No. 3 2018
    No. 2 2018
    No. 1 2018
    No. 4 2017
    No. 3 2017
    No. 2 2017
    No. 1 2017
    No. 4 2016
    No. 3 2016
    No. 2 2016
    No. 1 2016
    No. 4 2015
    No. 3 2015
    No. 2 2015
    No. 1 2015
    No. 2 2014
    No. 1 2014
  • Map of the Nordic countries.
  • About Nordic

    Nordic Road & Transport Research is a collaboration between public road and transport research organisations in the Nordic countries. The main objective of the website is to disseminate re­search results and news from the institutions, especially to researchers and decision makers. Each institution is responsible for the selection and presentation of the material from its own scope of activities.

    Read more

  • The publishing institutions

    Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
    Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
    The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA)
    Institute of Transport Economics (TØI), Norway
  • logo of IRCA, click to visit website. logo of VTI, click to visit website. logo of TOI, click to visit website. logo of VTT, click to visit website.
Nordic Road and Transport Research