TECHNICAL AGENDA
TRB A1F04 Committee on Transportation Related Noise and Vibration
1999 Summer Meeting
Sunday August 1, 1999 to Thursday August 5, 1999
Doubletree Hotel Mission Valley, San Diego, California
| 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Registration in the South Foyer | |||
| 5:00 - 8:00 p.m | Welcome Reception in Grand Ballroom I,II,III | |||
| 6:00 - 11:00 p.m. | Exhibit Set Up in Grand Ballroom VI,VII,VIII |
| 7:00 - 12:00 a.m. | Registration, Foyer outside Grand Ballroom IV/V | |||
| 7:00 - 8:00a.m. | Exhibits open | |||
| 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, Grand Ballroom VI,VII,VIII | |||
| 8:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom IV/V | Welcome, Opening Remarks and Announcements | |||
| 8:30 a.m. | Experience Predicting Construction Site Noise | Michael Staiano, Staiano Engineering, Inc., Rockville, Maryland | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Carmelite Monastery Traffic Noise Study | Doug Barrett, Harris Miller Miller & Hanson, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts | ||
| 9:30 a.m. | Traffic Noise Assessments for Land Subdivision Projects | Alexander Segal, County of San Diego, San Diego, California | ||
| 10:00 a.m. | Refreshment Break, Exhibits 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | |||
| 10:30 a.m. | An Aircraft Noise Model for Land Use and Operations Planning | Neil Standen, Jacques Whitford Environment Limited, Ottawa, Canada | ||
| 11:00 a.m. | Examination of the Lateral Attenuation of Aircraft Noise | Eric Stusnick, Wyle Laboratories, Arlington, Virginia | ||
| 11:30 a.m. | Updated Lateral Attenuation in FAA's Integrated Noise Model | Gregg Fleming, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts | ||
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch (on your own), Exhibits open 12:00 - 12:30 | |||
| 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Tour of San Diego Airport & Noise Control Facility |
| 7:00 - 12:00 a.m. | Registration, Foyer outside Grand Ballroom IV/V | |||
| 7:00 - 8:00a.m. | Exhibits open | |||
| 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, Grand Ballroom VI,VII,VIII | |||
| 8:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom IV/V | Analytical and Experimental Research on Tire/Pavement Noise at UC Davis | Dean Karnopp, Transportation Noise Control Center, Dept. of Mech. & Aero., University of California, Davis, California | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | High-Speed Vehicle Aerodynamic Noise Research at UC Davis | Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn, Transportation Noise Control Center, Dept. of Mech. & Aero., University of California, Davis, California | ||
| 9:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom IV/V: | Noise Barrier Design for the Long Island Expressway | George Penesis, Konheim & Ketcham, Brooklyn, New York | ||
| 9:30 a.m. | Insertion Loss of Berms vs. Walls | Todd Busch, Acentech Inc., Thousand Oaks, California | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30a.m. | Refreshment Break, Exhibits Open | |||
| 10:30 a.m. | Test Signals and Processing Methods to Investigate Noise Reflections | Lloyd Herman, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio | ||
| 11:00 a.m. | Do Sound Walls Along Freeways Increase Noise Levels? - Results of Field Measurement Programs | James Reyff, Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc., Fairfax, California | ||
| 11:30 a.m. | Transparent Sound Walls: Reducing Noise Impacts and Preserving Views | Richard Chavez, San Diego Association of Governments, San Diego, California | ||
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch (on your own), Exhibits Open 12:00 - 12:30 | |||
| 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Glass Noise Barrier Tour |
| 7:00 - 12:00 a.m. | Registration, Foyer outside Grand Ballroom IV/V | |||
| 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Exhibits open | |||
| 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, Grand Ballroom VI,VII,VIII | |||
| 8:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom IV/V | On Temporal Sampling Strategy in Community Noise Measurement | Richard J. Peppin, Scantek, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland | ||
| 8:20 a.m. | Highway Noise Levels as a Function of Congestion | Dave Buehler, Jones & Stokes and Associates, Sacramento, California. | ||
| 8:40 a.m. | TNM® Emission Levels: Effects of Ground Type at the Measurement Site - After Adjustment for Pavement Type/Age, Vehicle Sub-type/Speed, and State-to-State Differences |
Grant Anderson, Harris Miller Miller & Hanson | ||
| 9:10 a.m. | The Acoustical Algorithms in TNM® Version 1.0: Highlights, Strengths, and Weaknesses | Judith L. Rochat, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts | ||
| 9:40 a.m. | Validation of the FHWA TNM® Model Under Australian Conditions | Neil Huybregts, Marshall Day Acoustics, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia | ||
| 10:10 - 10:40a.m. | Refreshment Break, Exhibits Open | |||
| 10:40 a.m. | Urban Canyon Rail Noise Modeling | Paul Burgé, Acentech, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts | ||
| 11:10 a.m. | Annoyance Due To Locomotive Warning Horns | David Coate/James Cowan - Acentech, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts | ||
| 11:40 a.m. | Metro Green Line Light Rail Transit Noise Study | Rob Greene - URS Greiner Woodward Clyde, Santa Ana, California | ||
| 12:10 p.m. | Lunch (on your own), Exhibits Open 12:10 - 12:40 p.m. (Last Chance to Visit) Exhibits Vacated by 6:00 p.m. |
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| 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Trolley Tour |
| Caltrans Traffic Noise Analysis Protocol | Keith Jones, Caltrans Environmental Program, Sacramento, California | |||
| 17th Street Causeway Construction - Noise Monitoring Program | Bernard Kinney Jr., Environmental Noise Control, Miami, Florida |
| 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast in the West Foyer, between Grand Ballroom V&VI,VII,VIII | |||
| 8:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom IV/V | TNM® WORKSHOP | |||
| 10:00 a.m. | Refreshment Break | |||
| 10:30 a.m. | TNM® WORKSHOP | |||
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) | |||
| 1:30 p.m. | TNM® WORKSHOP | |||
| 2:30 p.m. | Refreshment Break | |||
| 3:00 p.m. | TNM® WORKSHOP | |||
| 4:30 p.m. | Wrap-up, Announce Next Year's Conference, Passing of the "Baton" | |||
| 5:00 p.m | End of TRB A1F04 Summer Meeting |