Modeling Hikers’ Exposure to Transportation Noise in National Parks
Client: National Park Service, Rocky Mountain National Park
Collected traffic count data and noise levels at recreation sites sensitive to potential noise impacts associated with changes in transportation policy
Collected information about visitors’ hiking routes within the study area via GPS units
Developed noise models of transportation planning alternatives to map the dispersion of transportation noise across the park’s landscape
Used GIS to integrate the noise modeling results with the hiking route data to model and map visitors’ exposure to transportation noise
