QCITY - an EU project for a less noisy Europe.

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Nilsson, N.-A.
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Abstract

QCITY (Quiet City Transport) is an Integrated Project financed by the European Commission within the 6th Framework. 27 contractors from more than 10 nations are participating. The total budget is 13.5 MEuro of which European Commission is contributing with 7.4 MEuro. The project aims at supporting the EU Directive 2002/49/EC on noise mapping and noise action plans. Cities with more than 250 000 inhabitants shall deliver their noise maps before June 30, 2007 and a Noise Action Plan before July 18, 2008. QCITY will therefore provide tools to be used by European Cities when elaborating their Noise Action Plans. QCITY contains six Sub Projects (SP1 - SP6). In SP1 new methods are developed in order to identify and rank hot spots, where residents are annoyed by the traffic noise. The new method will use the noise maps according to the 2002/49/EC as input data. The new method will consider not only the highest outdoor sound level at the facade but also the sound levels indoors, at the back-yard, type of contributing traffic system and the sound level generally in the area around the apartment etc. SP2 will study more in detail the annoyance rating for different vehicle classes and the possibility to reduce noise by traffic control. SP3 are studying the noise reduction potentials for the wheel/rail and tyre/road systems. SP4 are studying how noise can be reduced by affecting sound propagation e.g. by new novel screen designs as well as by new concepts of city planning. SP5 will study how these new noise control and calculation tools can be applied and implemented in model cities (Augsburg, Stuttgart, Brussels, Ghent, Athens, Stockholm and Gothenburg will be used as example cities). In SP6 is finally the project information collected and disseminated to the end users, the European City Administrations. In this paper a brief description will also be made on the post-processing algorithms for creating maps of the noise nuisance experienced by residents. Some achievements for case studies in Stuttgart-Fildern are presented (A). For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD E212343.

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C 47547 (In: C 47458 CD-ROM) /15 / ITRD E216784
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In: Greener, safer and smarter road transport for Europe : proceedings of TRA - Transport Research Arena Europe 2006, Göteborg, Sweden, June 12th-15th 2006, 4 p., 3 ref.

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