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Facilitating Community Acceptance of Urban Air Mobility

…a million inhabitants. As a result, the need for safe, efficient, and affordable travel has pushed transportation planners to look above the surface of cities to the air. Urban Air…

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TRB Releases HMMH-Authored NCHRP Report 791 – Supplemental Guidance on the Application of FHWA’s Traffic Noise Model (TNM)

…designers, and through 2010, state highway agencies have spent $5.4 billion to abate the noise generated by federally-aided highway projects. Transportation agencies assess different aspects of highway noise to determine…

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Report from TRB 2010 Annual Meeting

…Lynnette Dray of the University of Cambridge. The Noise Subcommittee meeting (a joint subcommittee with the Committee on Transportation Noise, ADC40) included presentations by Raquel Girvin on Noise Effects Characterization…

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Not just a girl thing

…by Robyn Hartz If you are not currently a member of Womens Transportation Seminar (WTS), I strongly urge you to join! Now, don’t let the name fool you, it…

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VDOT On-Board Sound Intensity Measurements

…HMMH provided On-Board Sound Intensity (OBSI) tire/pavement noise measurement services to the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research (VCTIR) and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for 16…

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Nails on a Chalkboard

…to transportation noise: frequency and attitude. First, transportation noise also happens to have most of its acoustic energy in the same mid-frequency range (also babies crying – see my previous…

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VDOT I-64 High Rise Bridge Corridor Study

…The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), in cooperation with the FHWA initiated this project to evaluate options to improve transportation conditions along the I-64 corridor between the I-46 interchange…

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Turn it Down!

…Measurement and Modeling Division at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research, and Innovative Technology Administration, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. Here’s a sample. We had ‘science weekend’ in…

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AAAE National Airports Conference

…Morristown Municipal Airport Douglas Hofsass, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Transportation Sector Network Management, TSA Ricky Smith, Director of Airports, Cleveland Airport System Patty Higginbotham, Vice President-Polity and Chief of Staff Air…

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Undertaking Holistic Quality of Life Assessment Can Serve as a Powerful Tool for Both Airports and Communities

…efforts. Due to their position as transportation and economic hubs, airports have the unique opportunity to not only support their communities but also to represent the values of their communities….

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