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References

AASHTO CTIM - Standard Method of Test for Determining the Influence of Road Surfaces on Traffic Noise Using the Continuous-Flow Traffic Time-Integrated Method (CTIM), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AASHTO Specification TP 99-11 (2011).

AASHTO OBSI - Standard Method of Test for Measurement of Tire/Pavement Noise using the On-Board Sound
Intensity (OBSI) Method, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AASHTO Specification TP 76-11 (2011).

AASHTO SIP - Standard Method of Test for Determining the Influence of Road Surfaces on Vehicle Noise Using the Statistical Isolated Pass-By Method (SIP), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AASHTO Specification TP 98-11 (2011).

ADOT QPPP - Progress Report No. 3, Quiet Pavement Pilot Program, Arizona Department of Transportation,
Phoenix, Arizona, USA (to be published).

ADOT 2006 - Progress Report No. 2, Quiet Pavement Pilot Program, Arizona Department of Transportation,
Phoenix, Arizona, USA (2006).

ANSI S1.18 - American National Standards Institute and Acoustical Society of America Standards, Template Method for Ground Impedance, ANSI S1.18-1999, Acoustical Society of America, New York (1999).

Anderson 1998 - Anderson, Grant S., Cynthia S.Y. Lee, Gregg G. Fleming, and Christopher W. Menge, FHWA Traffic Noise Model, Version 1.0: User’s Guide, Report Nos. FHWA-PD-96-009 and DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-98-1, U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Massachusetts (1998, TNM v2.5 Addendum 2004).

Bennet 2004 - Bennet, T., D. Hanson, and A. Maher, Demonstration Project – The Measurement of Pavement Noise on New Jersey Pavements Using the NCAT Noise Trailer, New Jersey Department of Transportation, Report No. FHWA-NJ-2003-021, Final Report (May 2004).

Brennan 2006 - Brennan, J. and G. Schieber, US-69 Surface Texture Noise Study, Kansas Department of Transportation, Report No. KS-05-3, Final Report (February 2006).

Caltrans 2010 - Caltrans Thin Lift Study:  Effects of Asphalt Pavements on Wayside Noise, Caltrans Report No. CA 10-0146 (September 2010).

Caltrans 2005 - I-80 Davis OGAC Pavement Noise Study, 7th Year Summary Report, California Department of Transportation (December 22, 2005).

Donavan 2006 - Donavan, Paul R., Comparative Measurements of Tire/Pavement Noise in Europe and the United States – A Summary of the NITE Stud, report prepared for the California Department of Transportation, California, USA (2006).

Embleton 1983 - Embleton, T.F.W., J.E. Piercy, and G.A. Daigle, Effective Flow Resistivity of Ground Surfaces Determined by Acoustical Measurements, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 74(4) (1983).

Fleming 1995 - Fleming, Gregg G., Rapoza, Amanda S., and Lee, Cynthia S. Y., Development of National Reference Energy Mean Emission Levels for the FHWA Traffic Noise Model (FHWWA TNM®), Version 1.0, Report No. FHWA-PD-96-008 and DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-96-2, U.S. Department of  Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center,  Acoustics Facility, Massachusetts (1995)

Fortier Smit 2008 - Fortier Smit, André de, Synthesis of NCAT Low-Noise HMA Studies, National Center for Asphalt Technology, NCAT Report 08-01 (March 2008).

Gibbs 2005 - Gibbs, David, et al., Quiet Pavement Systems in Europe, Report No. FHWA-PL-05-011, Federal Highway Administration and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, DC, USA (2005).

Hanson 2006 -   Hanson, D. and B. Waller, 2005 Colorado DOT Tire-pavement Noise Study, Colorado Department of Transportation, Report No. CDOT-2006-18, Final Report (November 2006).

Hastings 2010 - Hastings, Aaron L. and Judith L. Rochat, Ground and Pavement Effects Using FHWA’s Traffic Noise Model 2.5,, Report No. FHWA-HEP-10-021 and DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-10-01, U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Massachusetts (2010).

ISO SPB - Acoustics - Method for Measuring the Influence of Road Surfaces on Traffic Noise – Part 1: "The Statistical Pass-By Method," International Standard ISO 11819-1, International Organization for
Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland (1997).

Izevbekhai 2007 - Izevbekhai, B., Report of Diamond Grinding on Cells 7 and 8 MnROAD Mainline Interstate Highway I-94, Minnesota Department of Transportation (November 2007).

Lee 1996 - Lee, Cynthia S.Y. and Gregg G. Fleming, Measurement of Highway Related Noise, Report No. FHWA-PD-96-046, U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Acoustics Facility, Cambridge, MA, USA, (1996).

McGhee 2010 - McGhee, K., A Functionally Optimized Wearing Course, Presented at Pavement Evaluation 2010, Roanoke, VA (2010).

McGhee 2009 - McGhee, K., T. Clark, and C. Hemp, A Functionally Optimized Hot-Mix Asphalt Wearing Course: Part I:  Preliminary Results, Virginia Department of Transportation, Report No. VTRC 09-R20 (April 2009).

Menge 1998 - Menge, Christopher W., Christopher F. Rossano, Grant S. Anderson, and Christopher J. Bajdek, FHWA Traffic Noise Model, Version 1.0: Technical Manual, Report No.s FHWA-PD-96-010 and DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-98-02, U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Massachusetts (1998, 2004 update sheets available from FHWA).

ODOT 2005 - Effectiveness of Tire/Road Noise Abatement through Surface Retexturing by Diamond Grinding for Project SUM-76-15.40, Ohio Department of Transportation, Report No. FHWA/OH-2005/009, Final Report (June 2005).

Rasmussen 2009 - Rasmussen, R. and R. Whirledge, Tire-pavement and Environmental Traffic Noise Study, Colorado Department of Transportation, Report No. CDOT-2009-6, Interim Report – 2007 Testing, (June 2009).

Rasmussen 2008 - Rasmussen, R. et al., How to Reduce Tire-Pavement Noise: Interim Better Practices for Constructing and Texturing Concrete Pavement Surface, National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (July 2008).

Rochat 2004 - Rochat, Judith L. and Gregg G. Fleming, TNM Version 2.5 Addendum to Validation of FHWA’s Traffic Noise Model (TNM): Phase 1, Report No. FHWA-EP-02-031 Addendum and DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-02-01 Addendum, U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Massachusetts (2004)

Rochat 2003 - Rochat, Judith L. , "Evaluating tire/road noise for multiple pavements using wayside
measurements in CA and AZ," presentation at the Transportation Research Board A1F04 Committee Meeting, Arizona, USA (July, 2003).

Rochat 2002 - Rochat, Judith L. and Gregg G. Fleming, Validation of FHWA’s Traffic Noise Model (TNM): Phase 1, Report No. FHWA-EP-02-031 and DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-02-01, U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Massachusetts (2002)

Sandberg 2002 - Sandberg, Ulf and Jerzy Ejsmont, Tyre/Road Noise Reference Book, INFORMEX Ejsmont &
Sandberg Handelsbolag, Kisa, Sweden (2002).

Scofield 2003 - Scofield, L. and Donavan, P., Development of Arizona’s Quiet Pavement Research Program, Asphalt Rubber Conference, Brasilla, Brazil (December 2003).

Sexton 2010 - Sexton, T., Rapid Deterioration of Sound Level Benefits for "Quieter Pavements" in Washington State Based on the On-Board Sound Intensity (OBSI) Method, presented at the 159th ASA meeting/Noise-CON 2010 (April 19, 2010).

Sohaney 2011 - Sohaney, Richard, Robert O. Rasmussen, Paul Donavan, Judith L. Rochat , Quieter Pavements Guidance Document, Report No. DOT-VNTSC-NPS-11-16 (National Park Service report no. TBD), U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center  (report completed 2011, publication date TBD).

TPF - Transportation Pooled Fund Program, TPF-5(135), Tire-Pavement Noise Research Consortium, http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Solicitation/1104

Trevino 2009-1 - Trevino-Frias, M. and T. Dossey, Noise Measurements of Highway Pavements in Texas, Texas Department of Transportation, Report No. FHWA/TX-10/0-5185-3, April 2009 (Revised October 2009).

Trevino 2009-2 - Trevino-Frias, M. and T. Dossey, On-Board Sound Intensity Testing of PFC Pavements in Texas, Noise Control Engineering Journal, Volume 57 (2) (March-April 2009).

Wayson 2009 - Wayson, R., J. MacDonald, and A. Martin, Pavement Noise Research, Modeling of Quieter Pavements in Florida, Florida Department of Transportation, FDOT Project No. #BD550/RPWO#09, Final Report (October 2009).

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