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Overview of a number of best practices in Europe
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Working Group Noise
Best Practices in European Cities
Content
• Introduction
• Noise Questionnaire WG Noise 2008
• Existing en future measures
• Best Practices in European cities
• Conclusions
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Introduction• DCMR EPA (Greater Rotterdam Area)
– Province of South Holland
– 18 municipalities, including Rotterdam
• Former manager Noise Section
• Chairman WG Noise Alliance of Dutch Provinces (2006)
• Noise Expert CEMR/CCRE (until 2008)
• European Policy Advisor DCMR EPA
• Member Expert Group Environmt. Noise EC
• Chairman Working Group Noise EUROCITIES
• Member EUROCITIES Environmental Forum
• Chairman congress Noise in the City 2008
Activities Working Group Noise
• Exchange of knowledge & experiences
• Noise in the City 2008• Noise Questionnaire• Position Paper on END• Gaining Political Interest• Consultations EU legislation &
requirements• Participation in projects/programmes4
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Yield Noise Questionnaire
"yield"
received and filled in
received and not filled in
no reply
44%
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Main noise problems in cities are:
Figure 1 Question 1a: main noise problems
98%54%
66%70%
63%55%
66%5%
0% 50% 100% 150%
1
answer
percentage
Low frequency noise
Neighbourhood noise
Recreational noise
Air traffic noise
Construction noise
Railway noise
Industrial noise
Traffic noise
Noise exposed people European cities
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Figure 2 Question 1b:does your city have a noise policiy
plan or another environmental policy plan including noise?
68%
30%2%
yes
no
unknown
Noise plans in cities
Not all plans are based on END 2002/49/EC
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Figure 3 Question 2a: does your city have legal powers to
combat noise?
91%
7% 2%
Yes
No
Unknown
Municipal powers to combat noise
But these powers are often limited
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Presence of Noise Experts
Figure 4 Question 3a: does your city have noise
department or noise experts?
77%
19%4%
Yes
No
Unknown
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Type of noise expertise
Figure 5Question 3b: what kind of noise expertise is available in
your department?
71%61%
43%64%
27%30%
52%38%
54%13%
9%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
1
Unknown
other kind of noiseexpertiseneighbour noise
acoustic insulation
construction noise
recreational noise
low frequency noise
industrial noise
airport noise
railway noise
road traffic noise
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Noise budget
Figure 6.2 Question 3c - does your city have a "noise
budget?"
61%7%
32%Yes
No
Unknown
City of Utrecht
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City of Florence
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Budget cities p.p.
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Way of measuring noise
figure 7 Question 5: which measurements do you use of prefer when determining the noise levels in your
city?
9%
21%
66%
4%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
1
answer
percentage
unknown
combination of both
noise calculations withcomputer software
Noise measurements
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Presence of Noise Maps
Figure 8 Question 6: does your city have noise maps?
70%
7%
9%
2%
13%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
1
answer
percentage
unknown
No, we don't evenconsider providing them
Not yet, we are enforcedto do it in 2012according tothe ENDYes, but based on otherlegislation, policies etc.
Yes, accordinging toEND 2002/49/EC
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Integrated measures
Figure 9 Question 7b: has your city utilised measures that
were benifical for noise reduction and other environmental issues?
75%
13%
13%
Yes
No
Unknown
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Disappointing measures
Figure 10 Question 8a: does your city have disappointing
experiences applying noise measures?
23%
66%
11%
Yes
No
Unknown
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Outstanding examples of measures
Figure 11Quesion 8b: does your city have outstanding
examples of noise measures that have been taken in the past?
50%41%
9%
Yes
No
Unknown
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Are cities monitoring the noise?
Figure 12Question 9: does your city monitor noise?
13%18%
11%21%
18%11%
4%
5%
0% 10% 20% 30%
1
answer
percentage
unknown
other
No, we don't monitor noise and don'tconsider it either
No, we don't monitor noise and have noexperience but have to consider it
Yes, we monitor noise but merely basedon noise calculations
Yes, we monitor noise with acombination of fixed and mobile NMU's
Yes, we monitor noise with mobileNMU's
Yes, we monitor noise permanently witha fixed Noise Monitoring Unit (NMU)
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Quiet Urban Areas
Figure 13 Question 10: does your city have Quiet Urban
Areas?
34%
61%
5%
Yes
No
Unknown
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Support is wanted?
Figure 14Question 11: does your city require information, assistance, education or training in ordert to set
up adequate noise management?
45%
48%
7%
Yes
No
Unknown
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Political awareness
Figure 15Question 12: is the management and/or city
government aware of the annoyance and threats of long lasting noise?
79%13%
5%4%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
1answer
percentage
partly
Unknown
No
Yes
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Effectiveness of the END?
Figure 16 Question 13a: does your city think that the
Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC is effective?
55%34%
11%
Yes
No
Unknown
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Adding limits to the END?
Figure 17Question 13b: does your city support the idea of
adding limits to the END?
46%
36%
18%
Yes
No
Unknown
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Source policies EU are sufficient?
Figure 18 Question 14: does your city think that efforts made by the EC to lower the noise of vehicles, tyres, trams, trains and aicrafts are sufficient?
48%
38%
14%
Yes
No
Unknown
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Provisional data agglomerations
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Provisional data agglomerations
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Some remarks
• Question about noise budget was a
fuzzy question (costs of measures in- or
excluded?)
• Number of exposed people we have
to realize that these are based on
different methods (incomparable)
• Deadline reporting
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WGN answers on this Noise Questionnaire
• Pay attention to neighbourhood and construction
noise too
• Additional questions are needed
• Network EU monitoring in cities
• Exchange programme for noise and integrated
measures to cities
• Quiet areas guideline (criteria, designate,
preserve)
Noise Questionnaire
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EPA
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