Agenda: 75th Annual Meeting, 1996


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Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Committee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration (A1F04)
75th Annual Meeting
January, 1996
Washington, D.C.

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Committee A1F04-Related Sessions for 1996 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
(All Meeting Rooms Located at the Washington Hilton Hotel)

Session		Monday January 8, 1996		Tuesday January 9, 1996		Wednesday January 10, 1996
MORNING SESSIONS		9:00 am Highway Noise Subcommittee		9:00 am A1F04 Committee Jefferson West Room		8:30 am Transportation Noise Issues (Session 196) Melissa Burn, Wyle Laboratories, presiding Lincoln East Room
FIRST AFTERNOON SESSIONS		2:00 pm Aircraft Noise Subcommittee				2:30 pm to 4:15 pm Issues Involved in Developing a Noise Barrier Policy (Session 223A) Domenick J. Billera, New Jersey Department of Transportation, presiding Thoroughbred Room
SECOND AFTERNOON SESSIONS						4:30 pm Practical Application of Ambient-Based Noise Criteria (Session 223B) James T. Nelson, Wilson, Ihrig, and Associates, Inc., presiding Thoroughbred Room
EVENING SESSIONS		7:30 pm Rail / Mass Transit Noise Subcommittee Chevy Chase Room

Highway Noise Subcommittee
Agenda

1. Call to Order
   
   
2. Welcome and Introductions of Members and Guests
   
   
3. Reports:
   
   1. Remaining TRB Week Activities
   2. Summer Meeting 1995 - Boston, Massachusetts
   
   
4. Presentation:
   
   

   Noise, Safety, and Winter Maintenance Characteristics of Pavement Surface Texture in Wisconsin

   John Jaeckel, HNTB Corporation

   
   
5. Presentations - Focus on the Imminent, Eagerly Anticipated Release of the New Federal Highway Administration Traffic Noise Prediction Model, TNM:
   
   

   Overview of the TNM Emission Level Database	Cynthia S.Y. Lee, Volpe Center Acoustics Facility
   Comparison of TNM Calculations With STAMINA	Christopher Menge, Harris, Miller, Miller and Hanson
   Demonstration of TNM Program	Grant Anderson, Harris, Miller, Miller and Hanson

6. Announcements:
   
   1. A1F04 Dinner - Tues. January 9th, 7:00 pm
   2. A1F04 Summer Meeting 1996
   3. Others
   
   
7. Open Discussion on Topics of Mutual Interest
   
   
8. Adjournment

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Aircraft Noise Subcommittee
Agenda

1. Call to Order
   
   
2. Welcome and Introduction of Members and Guests
   
   
3. Review of 1995 Activities
   
   • Current membership
   • Summer meeting in Boston, MA in July
   • Reports of subcommittee members
   • Reports on activities of other committees by corresponding members
   
   
4. Presentations:
   
   • A Viewing of the FAA's New Video Entitled "Aircraft Noise: How We Measure It and Assess Its Impacts"
   • A Demonstration of FAA's INM Version 5.0
   
   
5. Discussion
   
   • What should subcommittee be doing in 1996
   • Call for papers for Summer Meeting
   
   
6. Announcements
   

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Rail / Mass Transit Noise Subcommittee
Agenda

1. Introductions
   
   
2. Administration
   
   
3. Announcements
   
   
4. Research:
   
   1. Funding Outlook
   2. Current Research
   3. New Research Statements
   
   
5. Presentation
   
   
6. Papers for 1997 Annual Meeting
   
   
7. Closing Remarks
   
   

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Committee A1F04
Agenda

1. Call to Order
   
   
2. Welcome and Introduction of Members and Guests
   
   
3. Statements by Jon Williams, TRB Staff Liaison; and Wayne Kober, Section Chairman
   
   
4. Review of Minutes from January 27, 1995 Meeting - Win Lindeman
   
   
5. TRY Membership - Domenick Billera - Chairmanship
   
   
6. Reports:
   

   Summer 1995 Meeting	Eric Wood
   1996 Activities & Sessions	Domenic Billera
   Aviation Noise Update	Eric Stusnick
   Highway Noise Update	Ken Polcak
   Rail / Mass Transit Noise Update	Jim Nelson
   Coordinating Group on Noise Control Engineering	Ron Moulder

   
   
7. Presentation - T.B.A.:
   
   
8. Committee Award for 1995 Best Paper
   Recipients: Panos D. Prevodorous; C. S. Papacostas
   
   
9. Discussions:
   

   A1F04 Summer Meeting (1996)	Mike Burns
   Newsletter	Domenick Billera
   Others (Wall Journal)

   
   
10. Announcements:
    

    A1F04 Awards Dinner	Tom Elmore
    Others

    
    
11. Adjournment

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Transportation Noise Issues (Session 196)
Melissa Burn, Wyle Laboratories, presiding

Traffic-Noise Impact Study for Least Bell's Vireo Habitat Along California State Route 83	Douglas E. Barrett, Harris, Miller, Miller and Hanson, Inc.
A Method for Measuring Vehicle Noise Source Heights and Subsource Spectra	Robert Coulson, Florida Atlantic University
Noise Reduction Retrofit on Historic Structures	Suzanne DiGeronimo, DiGeronimo, P.A.
Residents' Perceptions and Field Measurements of Helicopter Noise	Panos D. Prevedouros and B. Prasad, University of Hawaii at Manoa
A HITEC Evaluation of the UCG Sight and Sound Screen	Louis F. Cohn and Roswell A. Harris, University of Louisville

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Issues Involved in Developing a Noise Barrier Policy (Session 223A)
Domenick J. Billera, New Jersey Department of Transportation, presiding

Written Noise Policies: Who Needs Them?	Robert E. Armstrong, Federal Highway Administration
A Policy for Meaningful Noise Abatement	Domenick J. Billera, New Jersey Department of Transportation
Central Office / District Policy Considerations	Win Lindeman, Florida Department of Transportation
A Policy to Withstand Political Pressure	Jay Waldschmidt, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Type II Policy	Roy Osborne, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

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Practical Application of Ambient-Based Noise Criteria (Session 223B)
James T. Nelson, Wilson, Ihrig, and Associates, Inc., presiding

Panel Discussion

Carl E. Hanson, Harris, Miller, Miller and Hanson, Inc.; Eric Stusnick, Wyle Laboratories, Inc.; James L. Sowell, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Thomas Odebrant, DNV Ingemansson, Sweden

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