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What's a Decibel?

Metadata Updated: February 4, 2026

dBs measure sound. Every day the sounds we hear usually fall between 0dB (the faintest detectable noise) and 120dB (a thunderclap). dBs are special units used to represent significant differences in energy with smaller, more manageable numbers.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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Dates

Metadata Created Date February 4, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 4, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOT Socrata Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date February 4, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 4, 2026
Publisher Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Maintainer
Identifier https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/568r-4fsv
Data First Published 2020-06-26
Data Last Modified 2020-11-17
Category Research and Statistics
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 021:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://data.transportation.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id 5a5569d7-9470-47ea-a09c-b1fd086d44d3
Harvest Source Id a776e4b7-8221-443c-85ed-c5ee5db0c360
Harvest Source Title DOT Socrata Data.json
Homepage URL https://data.transportation.gov/d/568r-4fsv
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Program Code 021:042
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash b5b664be7ef2243e7101813f475cbc8a129491aa0f1592285830fe756608d560
Source Schema Version 1.1

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