Agenda for Summer Meeting, 1989


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Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Committee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration (A1F04)
1989 Summer Meeting
July 17-19, 1989
Marriott Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD

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Monday, July 17

7:30 a.m.		Registration
8:00 a.m.		Welcome:		Charles B. Adams, Host, Landscape Architecture Division, Maryland State Highway Administration
				Domenick Billera, Chairman, TRB Transportation-Related Noise & Vibration Committee A1F04, New Jersey Department of Transportation

AIRCRAFT NOISE
Moderator: Joseph B. Pulaski, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

8:15 a.m.		A Case Study for a School Sound Insulation Project at BWI Airport		Neil Thompson Shade, Wyle Laboratories
8:45 a.m.		Pilot Residential Sound Insulation Study for BWI Airport		Neil Thompson Shade, Wyle Laboratories
9:15 a.m.		The Effectiveness of Residential Sound Insulation		John E. Wesler, Wyle Laboratories
9:45 a.m.		Break and Visit Displays
10:30 a.m.		Public Reaction to Low Levels of Aircraft Noise		John E. Wesler, Wyle Laboratories

RAIL NOISE
Moderator: Dr. Eric Stusnick, Wyle Laboratories, Arlington, Virginia


11:00 a.m.		Rail Transit Car Wheel Squeal Noise Control		Mike Staiano, Staiano Engineering & G. Sastry, Deleuw, Cather & Co.
11:30 a.m.		Light Rail		Ken Goon, Maryland Mass Transit Administration
Noon		Lunch
1:00 p.m.		Technical Tour -- Maryland State Aviation Administration
5:30 p.m.		Maryland Crab Feast at Oregon Ridge State Park



Tuesday, July 18


7:30 a.m.

Registration

HIGHWAY NOISE
Moderator: Dr. William Bowlby, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee


8:00 a.m.		Absorptive Noise Barriers for the New Jersey Turnpike		Bella Schmidt, Louis Berger & Associates, Inc.
8:30 a.m.		The Use of Spreadsheet Programs as Pre-processors for Stamina Input Files		Mike Staiano, Staiano Engineering
9:00 a.m.		Field Testing of the Effectiveness of Open-Graded Asphalt Pavement in Reducing Tire Noise from Highway Vehicles		Ken Polcak, Maryland State Highway Administration
9:30 a.m.		Break and Visit Displays
10:30 a.m.		Transportation Noise Barriers		Soren Pedersen, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
11:00 a.m.		Stop and Go Traffic Noise Study		William Bowlby, Roger Wayson, Vanderbilt University
11:30 a.m.		Group Discussion
Noon		Lunch
1:00 p.m.		Technical Tour -- Noise Barriers
6:15 p.m.		Bay Lady Harbor Cruise/Prime Rib Dinner and Entertainment



Wednesday, July 19


HIGHWAY NOISE (cont'd)
Moderator: Dr. William Bowlby, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee


8:00 a.m.		Barrier Overlap Analysis Procedure		Robert Michalove, Frederic R. Harris, Inc, Dr. Simon Slutsky, Van Lee, E. Ken, N.Y. Polytechnic Institute William McColl, NYDOT
8:30 a.m.		Update on Highway Noise Activities and Research in Australia		George S. J. Glazier, B.E.Retired: Roads and Traffic Auth., New South Wales, Australia
9:00 a.m.		Discussion: Noise Pooled Fund Study at Dulles Airport		Gregg Fleming and Ed Rickley, Transportation Systems Center
9:30 a.m.		Break and Visit Displays
10:30 a.m.		Panel Discussion: Noise Research: Issues and Needs Moderator: Domenick Billera		Joseph B. Pulaski, Eric Stusnick, William Bowlby
11:45 a.m.		Closing Remarks:		Domenick Billera, Chairman TRB Transportation-Related Noise & Vibration Committee A1F04, New Jersey Department of Transportation
				Charles B. Adams, Host, Landscape Architecture Division, Maryland State Highway Administration
		Adjournment