NoiseQuest's goal is to develop and maintain a Web site as a resource for both airports and communities, and that provides educational information on aviation noise. NoiseQuest will facilitate the outreach programs that currently exist, and provide an outreach forum for airports too small to have an established community program. NoiseQuest will help to bridge the gap between airports and their communities. The site will address the real concerns of citizens. The site may include ways to contact authorities to assist with the public's noise-related issues problems. It will capture the user ’s attention with pictures, graphs, and interactive tools. It will offer information in an understandable manner. It has been noted that users require and desire different amounts and levels of information. Therefore, the site should be “layered” so information is available to people with differing need levels. This will allow all users to access the amount of information they wish, so that some users are not overwhelmed by a page of text, and others are not disappointed that the information is sparse.
The NoiseQuest site debuted in March 2009. The site will be expanded in coming months to include additional outreach information and downloadable handouts.
Florida International University
Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University
Kathleen Hodgdon, Pennsylvania State University, kkh2@psu.edu
Laurette Fisher laurette.fisher@faa.gov
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, 37-311, Cambridge, MA 02139