Development of Road Traffic Noise Prediction Model in Urban Perspective

India is one of the fastest growing countries all over the world. The development of road is considered the backbone of any developing country like India. The Construction of highway network in a country leads to modernisation, urbanisation and industrialisation. The number of vehicles is increasing with the expansion of highway network. With the increase in number of vehicles the road traffic noise is also increasing day by day. Road traffic noise seems to be the biggest corridor problem and the most intrusive and annoying form of noise pollution. Therefore it has become necessary to reduce the traffic noise. Many authorities have shown their concern in this regard. The aim of the study is to develop a scale model to predict noise level in urban areas. The developed formula may be used to predict pseudo noise levels and may be used to reduce traffic noise. In the present study 25 road segments of Bhopal city were considered and readings were taken for one hour twice in a day i.e., morning and evening. Based on the analysis the developed model is having coefficient of determination value (R2), 0.766.