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Turn down the noise - softening the impact of excess transport noise

Article Published 25 May 2009 Last modified 11 May 2021

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As a major contributor to greenhouse gases, the transport sector figures high on the international climate change agenda. But for many living in cities, under flight paths or near major road and rail links, it's another of transport's by-products that causes most immediate harm: noise.