TO THE ISSUE OF NOISE POLLUTION ASSESSMENT FOR HIGHWAYS

Problem statement. One of the challenges for ensuring people's safety is to investigate within urban acoustics the real situations that arise in cities as the population develops and becomes more motorised. According to the analysis, it was determined that the growing number of cars in cities leads to an increase in noise, on the one hand, but modern cars have become “quieter”, especially electric cars. In the residential areas of cities, the most powerful sources of noise, more frequently occurring, are the traffic flows of main streets. In addition, there is a whole system of traffic noise sources, namely streets of various purposes, parking lots, interchanges of highways, service stations for automobile transport, and a number of public buildings and structures that are served by various public or other types of transport. The purpose of this article. Assessment of noise pollution on main streets and determination of the noise protection effectiveness in a specific situation, taking into account the use of protective equipment. Conclusions. The increasing number of cars in cities is forcing a variety of measures. For example, to increase the number of traffic lanes, but this method is not always possible. The new markings are actually a reversal of previous requirements and will save huge amounts of money. The experience of Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv and other cities of Ukraine allows us to solve problems related to motorization of large cities only for a while. To facilitate the construction of noise maps of residential construction and increase the accuracy of the results, a sample for construction of noise maps of residential construction is offered. This, in turn, makes it possible to obtain comparable results and carry out experiments regarding any method for construction of the main highway territory.