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Transportation Research Board 2005 Conference Proceedings

Noise & Vibration Committee Conference
Seattle, Washington

 

Title

Presentor

Status of Current FHWA Noise Activities (pdf 106 kb)

Mark Ferroni
Federal Highway Administration

New NHI Traffic Noise Fundamentals Training Course and its Interactive Graphics Teaching Component (pdf 110 kb)

Mark Ferroni
Federal Highway Administration

Bill Bowlby
Bowlby & Associates, Inc.

Uncertainties in noise measurement and prediction and their implications in community noise (pdf 201 kb)

Supporting Document (pdf 300 kb)

Rich Peppin
Scantek Inc

Colorado Noise Program (pdf 2.03 mb)

Bob Mero
Colorado DOT

Tennessee DOT's New Type II Noise Barrier Program (pdf 2.35 mb)

Bill Bowlby
Bowlby & Associates, Inc.

Ohio DOT and Noise-compatible Development (pdf 510 kb)

Adam Alexander 
Ohio DOT

Bill Bowlby
Bowlby & Associates, Inc.

Benaroya Concert Hall vibration & acoustical isolation from heavy rail & bus tunnels (pdf 2.08 mb)

George Wilson
Wilson, Ihrig & Associates

Sound Transit Light Rail Vibration Issues at the University of Washington (pdf 1.56 mb)

James Irish
Sound Transit

Steven Wolf
Parsons Brinkerhoff

James Nelson
Wilson, Ihrig & Assoc.

Traffic Noise Abatement by Pavement Grinding in Ohio (pdf 2.39 mb)

Lloyd Herman
Ohio University

Designing for Quiet Pavements (pdf 495 kb)

Overview of the ADOT Quiet Pavement Program   (pdf 901 kb)

Christ Dimitroplos Arizona DOT

Emily Paulsen
HDR

FHWA Texture-Noise Study for Concrete Pavements  (pdf 4.95 mb)

Robert Otto Rasmussen
Transtec Group

Quiet Pavement Testing in B.C.  (pdf 736 kb)

Duane Marriner Wakefield Acoustics

Overview of Quiet Pavement program in California and CALTRANS Truck Noise Source Location Studies  (pdf 1.73 mb)

Bruce Rymer California Dept of Transportation

Paul Donavan Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.

Atmospheric effects on propagation of highway noise in the Phoenix Valley   (pdf 1.70 mb)

Hugh Saurenman
ATS Consulting

Highway noise levels in Scottsdale Arizona under early morning inversion conditions  (pdf 1.13 mb)

Hugh Saurenman
for Jim Chambers University of Mississippi

Design Challenges for Seattle Sound Transit Underground Stations Public Address Systems  (pdf 1.14 mb)

Paul Burgé
Acentech, Inc.

Refinement of sound intensity measurement, NITE study comparison Europe and US pavements  (pdf 1.26 mb)

Paul Donavan Illingworth & Rodkin

Double-decker noise modeling, capturing the reflection for the Alaska Way Viaduct  (pdf 1.01 mb)

Lawrence Spurgeon
Parsons Brinkerhoff

Reflective Noise Modeling with TNM, examples and results from the Interstate 5 Ship Canal Bridge project  (pdf 987 kb)

Jim Laughlin
WSDOT

Should multiple highway lanes equal multiple TNM roadways?  (pdf 444 kb)

Matthew McDuffee Acentech, Inc.

Construction Noise at Night - Best Practices & Human Reaction  (pdf 1.57 mb)

Night-time Construction Noise  (pdf 1.84 mb)

David George
City of Seattle, Dept of Planning/Development

Laura Escude
WSDOT

FHWA Roadway Construction Noise Model (RCNM)  (pdf 1.18 mb)

Judy Rochat 
Soren Pedersen & Harvey Knauer

USDOT / Volpe Center

Remote Construction Noise Monitoring  (pdf 1.31mb)

Areg Gharabegian Parsons

Wildlife Issues and Noise - Best Practices & Use of a Noise Shroud During Impact Pile Driving Near a Bald Eagle Nest  (pdf 1.19mb)

Readme  (pdf 18 kb)

Appendix 1 Sept 2004 Oly NF Harrassment  (pdf 1.30 mb)

Emily Teachout
US Fish & Wildlife Service

Endangered Species and Underwater Noise Issues  (pdf 1.19mb)

Sasha Visconty
Anchor Environmental

Washington State Ferries' Experience with Bubble Curtains: purpose, hardware, and use  (pdf 1.57 mb)

Frank Petrie
KPFF

Underwater Noise Impacts to Fish from Pile Driving: Current information on underwater noise metrics and research will be presented focusing on results from the Friday Harbor Ferry Terminal project  (pdf 1.21 mb)

Jim Laughlin
WSDOT