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Coffee - Sponsored by Sound Zero, Birdsboro, PA |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
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Welcome, Opening Remarks and Announcements |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
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The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Highways Noise Mitigation Policy and Its Application to the Westview Interchange Project, North Vancouver, B.C. |
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C.W. Wakefield, P.Eng., Wakefield Acoustics, Victoria, B.C. |
| 9:00 a.m. |
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Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Determining Rail Noise Impacts |
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Paul Burge, Acentech, Cambridge, MA |
| 9:30 a.m. |
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The TNM's New Faster Acoustical Algorithms: The Approach, The Speed, The Acoustical Results |
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Christopher W. Menge, Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc., Burlington, MA |
| 10:00 a.m. |
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Morning Break - Sponsored by Scantech Inc. |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
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Rail Transit Wheel Squeal - The Toronto Experience |
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Darron Chin-Quee, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc., Guelph, Ontario |
| 11:00 a.m. |
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Predicting Stop-and-Go Traffic Noise: Utilizing Report 311 or Is It Time for Something New? |
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Sharon Paul Carpenter, WBE, Paul Carpenter Associates, Inc., Florham Park, NJ |
| 11:30 a.m. |
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Background Information for Afternoon Noise Barrier Tour |
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Chris Blaney, Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Toronto, Ontario |
| 11:45 a.m. |
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Board Buses for Lunch and Noise Barrier Tour |
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| Noon |
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Lunch and Tour of Noise Barrier Sites in Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, Stoney Creek, and Niagara Falls, Lunch Sponsored by Hatch Mott MacDonald, Mississauga, Ontario |
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| 7:00 a.m. |
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Coffee |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
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TNM REMELs are Plus/Minus 0.2 dB - How do we know? ... and Are Your Project REMELs That Precise? |
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Grant Anderson and Christopher W. Menge, Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc., Burlington, MA |
| 8:30 a.m. |
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Comparison of Light-Rail Transit Impact Estimate Per FTA and APTA Criteria |
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Michael Staiano, Staiano Engineering, Inc., Rockville, MD |
| 9:00 a.m. |
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Measuring the Sound Absorption of Traffic Noise Barriers |
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J.S. Bradley, J.D. Quirt and J.A. Dirta, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 9:30 a.m. |
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Passby Noise Testing of Pavements in Texas |
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Tracy Turan, Center for Transportation Research, Austin, TX |
| 10:00 a.m. |
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Morning Break |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
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Update on PENNDOT Low Cost Noise Barrier Research and Model Ordinance for Incompatible Land Use |
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James B. Byers III, PENNDOT, Harrisburg, PA |
| 11:00 a.m. |
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Prediction of Aircraft Engine Runup Noise Impacts at Portland International Airport, Portland, Oregon |
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Robert E. Brown, Brown-Buntin Associates, Inc., Visalia, CA |
| 11:30 a.m. |
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Improvements in Acoustical Identification of Aircraft at Monitoring Sites |
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Robert C. Chanaud, Larson-Davis Laboratories, Provo,UT |
| 12:15 p.m. |
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Board buses for lunch and tour of Bombardier |
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| 12:30 p.m. |
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Lunch |
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| 2:00 p.m. |
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Plant Tour of Bombardier Aerospace Group |
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| 7:00 a.m. |
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Coffee |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
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Project Applications of RayVerb - TNM's Parallel Barrier Module |
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Douglas E. Barrett, Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc., Burlington, MA |
| 8:30 a.m. |
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Accurate Geometric Modeling of Barrier Attenuation with Atmospheric Effects |
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F.R. Fyfe and A. Muradali, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta |
| 9:00 a.m. |
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Educating the Public About Transportation Noise |
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James P. Cowan, INCE.Bd.Cert., McCormick, Taylor & Associates, Inc., Philadelphia, PA |
| 9:30 a.m. |
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Determination of Reasonable and Feasible for Special Land Uses |
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Roger L. Wayson, John M. MacDonald and Win Lindeman, University of Central Florida, Tallahassee, FL |
| 10:00 a.m. |
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Morning Break |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
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A Case Study in Public Perception of Noise Barrier Effectiveness |
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Kenneth D. Polcak, Maryland State Highway Administration, Baltimore, MD, and Andy Smith, McCormick, Taylor & Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD |
| 11:00 a.m. |
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System Wide Noise and Vibration Criteria for the Los Angeles Metro Rail Project |
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Steven Wolf, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Orange,CA |
| 11:30 a.m. |
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Transit Station Acoustics - Standards and Measurements |
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Terry Gerritsen and Tim Kelsall, Hatch Mott MacDonald, Mississauga, Ontario |
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Lunch |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
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Tour of Toronto Transit Noise Abatement Sites |
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