The New Zealand government wishes to see a reduction in the environmental effects arising from land transport ¹. Transport noise is one such effect that can cause a range of impacts on people and communities from general interference with everyday activities to more significant effects such as sleep disturbance.

This website is intended to provide a range of information and tools to help ensure that transport noise is managed in an effective and efficient manner. The material is likely to be of interest to land use and transport planners, road designers, traffic engineers, urban designers, environmental managers as well as acousticians and the general public.

The site has been launched with a single tool to predict noise levels from road traffic. Future tools will address construction noise as well as traffic and construction vibration. Guidance will also be provided on noise management and mitigation measures, and recommended noise measurement and computer modelling procedures.

Please contact us if you have any suggestions for this website.

¹Government Policy Statement on Land Transport Funding 2009/10 - 2018/19