Abstract
Research during the past decade at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, on a number of aspects of human response to transportation noise and vibration is reviewed. These aspects include sonic boom, subjective acoustics test procedures, human response to vibration, the effects of noise on performance and comfort, development of a mathematical model to determine the economic impact of achieving reduced community noise levels from aircraft, case studies of the effects on communities of aircraft noise, and construction site noise.