TRANSPORTATION

RESEARCH BOARD

COMMITTEE A1FO4

"TRANSPORTATION-RELATED

NOISE AND VIBRATION"

NEWSLETTER

DECEMBER 1997

FROM THE CHAIRMAN:

I encourage all A1FO4 members to attend the 1998 annual TRB meeting in Washington D.C. We have a very exciting (and full) schedule of events. At the bequest of several individuals last year, I have worked very closely with Jon Williams at TRB to condense the transportation-related sessions into as short a time frame as possible. This will make for especially long days on both Monday and Tuesday, but it should allow individuals to participate in all noise-related sessions. During the week feel free to provide me with feedback as to whether you prefer the condensed schedule as compared with the more spread-out schedule of last year.

I've included in this package a summary of all the transportation-related noise sessions. Keep in mind that the scheduled has been modified slightly from that sent out a few weeks ago by TRB. Specifically, I asked Jon to move our Guided-Transit Subcommittee Meeting from Monday Night to Tuesday morning to accommodate our Awards dinner Monday Night.

For those individuals interested in TRB activities in subject areas other than noise, the full preliminary Annual Meeting Program is available on the Internet, along with registration information at: http://www.nas.edu/trb/index.html.

Just a reminder on the 1998 A1F04 Summer Meeting: It will take place from July 12-15 at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida. Win Lindeman of FDOT has assembled a team of consultants to help put the meeting together. It promises to be a memorable event.

Hope to see all of you in January!!!

NEWSFLASH FROM "THE LAND OF PLEASANT LIVING"

(a.k.a. MARYLAND for all you non-natives)

For those long time members and friends of Committee A1F04, there is good news and "gooder" news. The good news is that the committee has its newest "potential member' in the person Oscar Lewis Adams, newborn son of Mike Adams (URS Greiner in Tampa). Master Adams came into this world at a little over eight pounds, and reports are that all is well. The "gooder" news is that Charlie Adams, Mike's dad and long time member and friend of A1F04, and Director of Environmental Design for the Maryland State Highway Adminstration can now officially be called "gramps". From the whole A1F04 family, congratulations and best wishes to Mike, Charlie and their families on this wonderful event.

Committee A1F04-Related Sessions for

1998 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

(All Meeting Rooms Located at the Washington Hilton Hotel)

Session	Monday

January 12, 1997	Tuesday

January 13, 1997

MORNING

SESSIONS

9:00 a.m.

Highway Noise	Subcommittee

Kenneth D. Polcak,

Maryland State Highway Administration,	chair

State Room	8:00 to 9:30 a.m.

Guided Transit	Noise	Subcommittee1

James T. Nelson,

Wilson, Ihrig & Associates, chair

Georgetown West Room

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9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

A1F04 Committee

Gregg G. Fleming,

U.S.DOT/Volpe Center, chair

Georgetown West Room

AFTERNOON

SESSIONS

2:00 p.m.

Aircraft Noise	Subcommittee

Eric Stusnick,

Wyle Laboratories, chair

Hamilton Room

1:30 to 3:15 p.m.

Transportation-Related Noise Issues, Part 12

(Session 231)

Kenneth D. Polcak,

Maryland State Highway Administration,

presiding

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3:45 to 5:30 p.m.

Transportation-Related Noise Issues, Part 22

(Session 260)

Jay Walschmidt,

Wisconsin Department of Transportation,

presiding

EVENING

SESSIONS

7:00 p.m.

Awards Dinner

Orleans House	7:30 to 9:00 p.m.

Transportation-Related Noise Issues, Part 32

(Session 290)

Cynthia S.Y. Lee

U.S.DOT/Volpe Center, presiding
1	This scheduled time reflects a change from that in the draft schedule sent out previously by TRB.

2	All three of these sessions will take place in the Lincoln West Room.

TRB Annual Meeting

Highway Noise Subcommittee

January 12, 1998 (9:00 a.m.)

State Room

Washington Hilton Hotel

AGENDA

I.	Call to Order

II.	Welcome and Introductions of Members and Guests

III.	Reports

A.	Remaining TRB Week Activities

B.	Summer Meeting 1997 - Toronto, Canada

C.	NCHRP Synthesis on Tire/Pavement Noise

D.	Status of TNM

E.	Others

IV.	Announcements

A.	A1F04 Awards Dinner

B.	A1F04 Summer Meeting 1998 - St. Petersburg, Florida

V.	Presentations

A.	Ms. Cynthia Lee, Volpe Center Acoustics Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Cambridge, Massachusetts: "Development of the Federal Highway Administration TNM (Traffic Noise Model) Look-up Tables"

B.	Dr. Seishi Meiarashi, Senior Researcher, Ministry of Construction, Japan: "An International Cooperative Research Program on Development of Porous Elastic Road Surfaces"

VI.	Open Discussion on Topics of Mutual Interest

VII.	Adjournment

TRB Annual Meeting

Aircraft Noise Subcommittee

January 12, 1998 (2:00 p.m.)

Hamilton Room

Washington Hilton Hotel

AGENDA

I.	Call to Order

II..	Welcome and Introduction of Members and Guests

III.	Review of 1997 Activities

IV	Presentations

A.	An Update on the Status of the Validation of Aircraft Noise Models at Lower Levels of Exposure by Eric Stusnick, Wyle Laboratories, Arlington, VA

B.	Rotorcraft Noise Model by Michael J. Lucas, Wyle Laboratories, Arlington, VA

V.	Discussion

VI. Announcements

TRB Annual Meeting

Guided Transit Noise Subcommittee

January 13, 1998 (8:00 to 9:30 a.m.)1

Georgetown West Room

Washington Hilton Hotel

AGENDA

I.	Introductions

II..	Administration

III.	Announcements

IV.	Research

A.	Funding Outlook

B.	Current Research

C.	New Research Statements

D.	Action Items

V.	Papers for 1998 Annual Meeting

VI.	Presentation/Discussion

VII.	Closing Remarks

1	This scheduled time reflects a change from that in the draft schedule sent out previously by TRB.

TRB Annual Meeting

Committee A1FO4

January 13, 1997 (9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

Georgetown West Room

Washington Hilton Hotel

AGENDA

I.	Call to Order

II.	Welcome and Introduction of Members and Guests

III.	Statements by Jon Williams, TRB Staff Liaison; and

Wayne Kober, Section Chairman

IV.	Review of Minutes from January 14, 1997 Meeting - Win Lindeman

V.	Reports

A.	Summer 1997 Meeting - Soren Pederson

B.	1997/1998 Activities & Sessions - Gregg Fleming

C.	Aircraft Noise Update - Eric Stusnick

D.	Guided Transit Noise Update - Jim Nelson

E.	Highway Noise Update - Ken Polcak

VI.	Presentation

Dr. William Bowlby, Bowlby and Associates: "Introduction to the FHWA TNM Training CDROM"

Mr. James Byers, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: "Evaluation of Low-Cost Highway Noise Barriers"

VII.	Discussion

A.	A1FO4 Summer Meeting (1998) - Win Lindeman

B.	Others (Wall Journal)

VIII. Announcements

A.	A1FO4 Awards Dinner - Steve Ronning

B.	Others

IX.	Adjournment

TRB Annual Meeting

Session 231: Transportation-Related Noise Issues, Part 1

January 13, 1997 (1:30 to 3:15 p.m.)

Lincoln West Room

Washington Hilton Hotel

Kenneth D. Polcak, Maryland State Highway Administration, presiding

Aircraft Community Noise Impact Model, 981362

Eric Stusnick and Richard L. Thompson, Wyle laboratories, Inc.; Terence R. Thompson, Bryan A. Evans, and John DiFelici, Metron, Inc.

Measurement of Road Traffic Noise and Perceptions of Residents in Kuwait, 980221

Parvitz A. Koushki, Omas Al-Saleh, and Salch Yaseen Ali, Kuwait University

Comparative Field Measurements of Tire Pavement Noise of Selected Texas Pavements, 981220

B.J. Landsberger, Michael T. McNerney, Tracy Turen, and Albert Pandelides, University of Texas, Austin

SLIT: An Improved Noise-Prediction Model for Parallel Noise Barrier, 980201

Seishi Meiarashi, Public Works Research Institute; Howard Jongedyk, Robert Armstrong, and Steve Ronning, FHWA; Masaki Hasebe, Hokkaido University

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TRB Annual Meeting

Session 260: Transportation-Related Noise Issues, Part 2

January 13, 1997 (3:45 to 5:30 p.m.)

Lincoln West Room

Washington Hilton Hotel

Jay Walschmidt, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, presiding

Investigation of the Relationship Between the Traffic Condition and the Worst-Case Noise Hour on the Freeway

Alex C. Chen, URS Greiner, Inc.

Tire-Pavement Noise: An Investigation of ITS Importance in Mitigating Highway Noise Impacts, 980927

Philip J. Grealy, John Collins Engineers, P.C.; William R. McShane, Polytechnic University

Method to Determine Reasonableness and Feasibility of Noise Abatement at Special Use Locations, 981131

Roger L. Wayson and John MacDonald, University of Central Florida; Win Lindeman, Florida Department of Transportation

Sound Barrier Applications of Recycled Plastics, 980378

Mohamad A. Saadeghvaziri and Keith MacBain, New Jersey Institute of Technology

NDADS: A System Employing User-Enhanced Automation Procedures with Radar Tracking Data for Noise Prediction Models, 981427

Juliet A. Page, Wyle Laboratories

TRB Annual Meeting

Session 290: Transportation-Related Noise Issues, Part 3

January 13, 1997 (7:30 to 9:30 p.m.)

Lincoln West Room

Washington Hilton Hotel

Cynthia S.Y. Lee, U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe Center, presiding

State of the Art on the Prevision and Control of the Road Traffic Noise in France, 980691

Michel C. Berengier and Fabienne Anfosso-Ledee, Labortoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees, France

A Case Study in Public Perception of Noise Barrier Effectiveness, 981446

Kenneth D. Polcak, Maryland State Highway Administration; Andrew B. Smith, McCormick, Taylor & Associates, Inc.

Traffic Noise Barrier Overlap Gap Model

Lloyd Herman, Ohio University

Texturing of Cement Concret Pavements to Reduce Traffic Noise Emission, 981069

Ulf S. Sandberg, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Jerzy Ejsmont, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland

TRB January 1998 Annual Meeting

Committee on Transportation Related Noise and Vibration

A1F04

WHAT:	Committee Dinner

Harter Rupert Award for the Best Paper on Transportation Noise

(Recipient not known at this time)

WHEN:	January 12, 1997, Monday Evening

TIME:	Cocktails at 6:30 p.m. (cash bar) - Dinner at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE:	Tom Sarris' Orleans House (same location as last year)

1213 Wilson Boulevard in Rosslyn, Virginia

(Rosslyn Stop on Orange/Blue Line of METRO)

WHO:	Committee Members and Friends

COST:	$13.00 for Prime Rib or ½ Baked Chicken, Salad Bar, Roast Potato,

Coffee or Tea, Ice Cream (Tax & Tip included)

$18.00 for Stuffed Shrimp or Stuffed Flounder, Salad Bar, Roast Potato,

Coffee or Tea, Ice Cream (Tax & Tip included)

WE NEED TO HAVE A FIRM COUNT OF ATTENDEES AND CHOICE OF MENU SELECTIONS BY FRIDAY, JAN. 9th TO FINALIZE RESERVATIONS WITH THE RESTAURANT. PAYMENT MAY BE MADE IN ADVANCE OR ON THE DAY OF THE DINNER! PAYMENTS MADE BY CHECK MUST BE RECEIVED BY JAN. 5th. ALL PAYMENTS RECEIVED AFTER JAN. 5th MUST BE IN CASH.

Please call Bob Armstrong or Steve Ronning (202-366-2073 or 2078) for information

and a reservation ----------------------- or detach and mail in the form below.

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