Traffic noise coming from I-16 is causing an uproar in Pooler’s Savannah Quarters gated community. “Nobody is outside,” said Savannah Quarters homeowner, Gillian Wells. “And good reason—you can hear ...

There is no doubt that noise from cars, trucks and motorcycles traveling along Interstate 26 just inside the Charleston-Berkeley county line creates a steady din that bothers many living in North ...

The Long Island Expressway’s sound barrier system will be repaired along a Suffolk County stretch to help buffer surrounding communities from noise pollution, state transportation officials said on ...

Website accessibility claims: Suit alleges that jewelry retailer's website contains accessibility barriers preventing visually impaired customers from accessing product information and making ...

On August 27, local residents sat in folding chairs with TxDOT representatives and Lynda Rife of the public relations firm Rifeline at the Cherrywood Community Center for what TxDOT called a workshop.

In the 1940s, flight hit a wall—the sound barrier. This is the story of how the U.S. X-plane program shattered it. From deadly high-speed dives to the rocket-powered X-1, discover how Chuck Yeager and ...

When legendary pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier and flew the Bell X-1 past Mach 1 in 1947, it was the greatest aviation milestone ever achieved at that time. These days, however, reaching ...

If you live near a busy street, this new breakthrough from Switzerland could offer some long-awaited relief. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) ...

Ko-Solar, a U.S.-based solar technologies, and R. Kohlhauer, a German noise barrier systems specialist, announced plans to offer turnkey PV-integrated wall and sound barrier systems for transportation ...

Skydiver, daredevil and extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner died Thursday. He was 56. The Austrian, who in 2012 became the first person to break the sound barrier with just his body, died in a ...