Agenda: 66th Annual Meeting, 1987


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Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Committee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration (A1F04)
66th Annual Meeting
January 12-13, 1987
Washington, D.C.

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Committee Meeting Agenda

1. Call to Order
   
   
2. Welcome and introduction of members & guests
   
   
3. Statements by:
   
   • Steve Blake, TRB Staff Liaison
   • Carmen Difiglio, Section Chairman
   
   
4. Review of Minutes from January 1986 Meeting – Bill Bowlby
   
   
5. TRB Committee Membership – Mas Hatano
   
   
6. Reports:
   

   Summer 1986 Meeting		Soren Pederson
   1987 Activities & Session		Mas Hatano
   Highway Noise Update		Grant Anderson & others
   Aviation Noise Update		Joe Pulaski & others
   Rail/Mass Transit Noise Update		Eric Stusnick & others

   
   
7. Presentations:
   

   Grand Teton Noise Study		Bill Bowlby
   The Development of Noise Barrier Materials Specifications for Ontario		Soren Pederson

   
   
8. Discussions:
   

   A1F04 Summer Meeting (1987)		Domenick Billera
   Committee Awards		Joe Pulaski
   Noise Research Circular		Bill Bowlby
   Newsletter		Mas Hatano
   Future direction of A1F04		Mas Hatano
   Other

   
   
9. Announcements:
   

   A1F04 Awards Dinner		Charlie Adams
   Noise Workshop		Mike Staiano
   Other

   
   
   

Session I – Rail Noise & Vibration
Presiding Officer: Eric Stusnick

Development of a Rail Noise Standard		Mark D. Hall
A Survey of Rail Occupational Noise Sources		Stephen C. Urman
A Prediction Procedure for Rail Transportation, Groundborne Noise and Vibration		James Nelson & Hugh Saurenman
Application of the Prediction Procedure for Rail Transportation Groundborne Vibration		Carl Hanson
Rail Vehicle Vibration Excitation		Dr. D. L. Allen

Session II - Aircraft and Highway Noise
Presiding Officer: Joe Pulaski

The Effect of Noise Barriers on the Market Value of Adjacent Residential properties		Fred Hall and Douglas Welland
Airport, Aircraft Related Noise Controls in the U.S.		Clifford Bragdon
A Review of Aviation Noise Abatement Strategies		Steven R. Alversheim
Advanced Microcomputer Applications for the FHWA Traffic Noise Prediction Model		William Bowlby, Richard Phillips and Roger L. Wayson
A Traffic Assignment Model Reducing Noise Annoyance in Urban Network		Jan Willem Houtman and Ben H. Immers

A1F04/Ince Surface Transportation Noise Workshop
Organizer: Michael Staiano

• Purpose: Foster communications and cooperation among professional societies, trade associations, industrial producers, and government agencies concerned with surface transportation noise and vibration.
  
  
• Agenda: Open discussion addressing the question: "What activities should be undertaken by professional organizations to encourage the abatement and control of noise and vibration from surface transportation sources?"
  

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