Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Publications and Presentations

Publications

"Noise Characteristics of the Transrapid TR08 Maglev System" DOT-VNTSC-FRA-02-13. July 2002. Download MS Word (35.9MB)

"Electromagnetic Field Characteristics of the Transrapid TR08 Maglev System" DOT-VNTSC-FRA-02-11. May 2002. Download MS Word (12.9MB)

"Vibration Characteristics of the Transrapid TR08 Maglev System" DOT-VNTSC-FRA-02-06. March 2002. Download MS Word (16.2MB)

Brecher, Aviva. 2001. "Electromagnetic Fields and Radiation: An Emerging Environmental Issue in Modernizing Transportation." Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), Washington, DC, June 24th-28, 2001.

Brecher, Aviva, Kevin Green, and William Chernicoff. 2002. "Promising Transit Application of Fuel Cells and Alternative Fuels." Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), Dearborn, MI, June 23rd-26, 2002.

Fleming, Gregg. 2000. "FAA's Aircraft Noise Initiatives in the National Parks." Year 2000 International Airport Noise and Air Quality Symposia, San Diego, CA, February 14 -16, 2000.

Fleming, Gregg, Burstein, Joseph, Raposa, Amanda, Senzig, David A., and John M. Gulding. "Ground Effects in FAA's Integrated Noise Model." Noise Control Engineering Journal, v. 48, n.1, January/February 2000, pp. 16-24.

Fleming, Gregg. 2000. "Lateral Attenuation of Aircraft Sound Levels Over an Acoustically Hard Water Surface: Logan Airport Study." Transportation Research Board, Committee A1F04, Transportation Related Noise and Vibration Summer Meeting, New York, NY, July 18-20, 2000.

Fleming, Gregg G., Robert E. Armstrong, Eric Stusnick, Kenneth D. Placak, and Winfield Lindeman. "Transportation-Related Noise in the United States." TR News, No. 208, May-June 2000, pp. 7-11.

Valihura, Paul, and Amishi Joshi. 2002. "The US MAGLEV Deployment Program NEPA Compliance Process". Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), Dearborn, MI, June 23rd-26, 2002.

Valihura, Paul, and Peter Stephen. 2001. "Ecological Impact of Hovercraft Transportation in Alaska." Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), Washington, DC, June 24th-28, 2001.

Valihura, Paul and David Valenstein. 2001. "Maglev Deployment Program: Environmental Considerations." Transportation Research Board, 80th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 7-11, 2001.

Valihura, Paul et al. 2001. Maglev Deployment Program: Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, 2 vols.DOT-VNTSC-FRA-00-04

Zevitas, Christopher D. and Irvine W. Wei. 2000. "Removal of Arsenic from Groundwater at the Baird & McGuire Superfund Site." 32nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Troy, NY, June 26-28, 2000.

Zevitas, Christopher D. and Irwin W. Wei. 2000. "Study of Arsenic Removal From Groundwater by an Iron Coagulation Process." Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments, and Water, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, October 19, 2000.


Presentations

Brecher, Aviva, and Nicole Rossbach. 2002. "Transportation Perspectives on Adverse Health Impacts of Air Toxics." 82nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Washington, D.C., January 2003. Download MS Word (7.9MB) | PowerPoint (2.9MB)

Chernicoff, William P., Brecher, Aviva, and Kevin Green. 2002. "Promising Transit Applications of Fuel Cells, Alternative Fuels and their Applications." 27th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), Dearborn, MI, June 2002.
Download MS Word (1.4MB) | PowerPoint (1.4MB)

Kim, Brian. 2002. "Volpe Center Program in Aviation Air Quality Technical Support to the Federal Aviation Administration." 27th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), Dearborn, MI, June 2002.
Download MS Word (2.4MB) | PowerPoint (1.2MB)

Valihura, Paul, and Amishi Joshi. 2002. "The U.S. Maglev Deployment Program NEPA Compliance Process." 27th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), Dearborn, MI, June 2002.
Download MS Word (4.3MB) | PowerPoint (5.5MB)