Re:Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud
by STM32F030R8 on Friday May 19, 2023 @09:50AM
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We often put up noise barriers around highways in the US. I’m not sure what you’re talking about.
That sounds like what I was talking about. If the US does have them, that's great. But a lot of videos of the US that I've seen showed big roads through residential areas with no noise barriers around them. And with people here complaining about the noise, it's clearly not being used enough in all parts of the US.
Although of course noise barriers are just one of many tools. Less cars and having cars drive more slowly probably accomplish a lot more.
Re:Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud
by STM32F030R8 on Friday May 19, 2023 @05:11PM
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Noise barriers aren’t a ‘US’ thing. It would be up to the local state or county or city to build them so your results may vary. If you catch yourself saying ‘the US does this or that’ then reconsider the question bc the US doesn’t ‘do’ anything one way or another. It’s a collection of 50 states and thousands of localities.
While Dutch highways tend to have speed limits of 100-130 kph, the A-10 ring highway around Amsterdam has one section that's limited to 80 kph because it passed through a densely populated area of the city. There's big apartment blocks right next to the highway (and one offramp passes straight through a building), so traffic has to go slower to keep noise levels down.
If the US doesn't even do that, I think that tells you something about how much cars are prioritised over people.