Agenda for Summer Meeting, 1986


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Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Committee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration (A1F04)
1986 Summer Meeting
July 22-25, 1986
Holiday Inn Yorkdale, Toronto, Ontario





Tuesday, July 22
8:00 p.m. Reception


Wednesday, July 23
8:00 a.m. Registration ($10.00 Canadian)
9:30 a.m. Welcome and Announcements
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Priority Rating for Noise Complaints Dom Billera
11:00 a.m. Canadian Standards Association Activities in Transportation Noise Tom Kelsall
11:30 a.m. Public and Political Involvement in the Decision Making Process with Respect to Noise Barriers D. McKnight
Noon Lunch
1:15 p.m. Board bus for DeHavilland Aircraft Company Ltd.
1:30 p.m. The Development of the Dash 7 Propeller and its Noise Measurements Dr. F. Cici
4:30 p.m. Board bus for trip back to hotel


Thursday, July 24
8:30 a.m. Do Noise Barriers have to be ugly? K. Roberts
9:00 a.m. Development of Steel Noise Barriers in Ontario
9:30 a.m. Noise Barrier Impact; Noise Levels -- Air Quality -- Snow Accumulation D. Vander Schaaf
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Effectiveness of Parallel Noise Barriers -- A Case Study D. Vander Schaaf
10:45 a.m. Noise Barrier Designs in Flood Plains H. Rerup
11:15 a.m. The Development of Noise Barrier Material Specifications for Ontario S. Pederson
11:45 a.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Board Bus for Tour of Noise Barrier Sites: #1 -- Highway 401 and Victoria Park Avenue
#2 -- Highway 427 and Rathburn Road
#3 -- Highway 403 and Cawthra Road
#4 & #5 -- Queen Elizabeth Way and Cawthra Road
#6 -- Queen Elizabeth Way and Trafalgar Road
5:30 p.m. Arrive at Niagara-on-the-Lake
6:00 p.m. Dinner at the Pillar and Post
8:00 p.m. Board bus for Niagara Falls
10:00 p.m. Board bus for trip back to hotel


Friday, July 25
9:00 a.m. Non Barrier Noise Reduction C. Blaney
9:30 a.m. Noise and the Blue Route H. Knauer and G. S. Anderson
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Rail Vehicle Vibration Excitation Dr. D. L. Allen
11:15 a.m. General Discussions
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Toronto Transit Commission D. R. Callan
2:30 p.m. Leave for tour by Toronto Transit Commission
5:30 p.m. Dinner at Ed's Warehouse
Adjournment