A Sound Solution

Expressway noise walls can fix some community problems--while causing others.

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May 8, 2001, 6:00 AM PDT

Protecting residences from traffic noise is a positive goal for a community, but noise walls don't always make good neighbors. Walls can be divisive, set-in-stone reflections of mental and cultural barriers. As planners look for ways to improve, avoid, or even remove sound barriers, they confront professional assumptions as well as aesthetic and technical issues.

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Friday, April 20, 2001 in Planning Magazine

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