Abstract
This paper estimated the damage from road traffic noise and analyzed the effects of integrated noise reduction policies in Sendai City. First road traffic noise analysis model was developed which consisted of road traffic assignment model and road traffic noise estimation model. Then policy measures such as noiseless pavement (drainage asphalt pavement and porous elastic road surface), cordon pricing and the combined action were tested. We found that drainage asphalt pavement was more efficient than porous elastic road surface in terms of cost/benefit ratio. We also predicted that cordon pricing without beltways caused deterioration of noise damage around the cordon line, while cordon pricing with beltways decreased total noise damage with little deterioration there.
