Noise barrier
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A noise barrier is an exterior structure designed to protect inhabitants of sensitive land use areas from noise pollution. Noise barriers are the most effective method of mitigating roadway, railway, and industrial noise sources –
other than cessation of the source activity or use of source controls.
The sound tube in Melbourne, Australia, designed to reduce roadway noise without detracting from the area's aesthetics.
Acoustical scientist measures sound in noise barrier design study, Santa Clara County, California.
Noise barrier earth berm along California State Route 12, Sonoma County, California
Noise abatement walls often block rail passengers' or road users' view and attract graffiti.
Los Altos, California
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Los Altos is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 31,625 according to the 2020 census.
A City of Los Altos entrance marker, located in Lincoln Park just off of Main Street
A store in disarray following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Dead and diseased trees in the Redwood Grove were cut down in 2017, to be milled on-site in 2018.
Mallard in May, 2010, in Adobe Creek; the creek typically runs dry by summer.