The ISHTAR Suite is an innovative software for the simulation of the effects of transport policies on the urban environment, population health and artistic heritage. Starting from the effects of the measure on citizens' behaviour, the calculation path goes through the modelling of transport, vehicles safety and emissions of pollutants and noise, pollutants dispersion and noise propagation, exposure of population, health effects assessment, monuments degradation, up to the comparison of the alternative scenarios in terms of cost-benefit or multi criteria analysis. The ISHTAR Suite was tested in the seven cities involved in the FP5 ISHTAR Project: Athens, Bologna, Brussels, Graz, Grenoble, Paris and Rome. The main results of these studies are here described. The case studies include new road infrastructure analysis in central Graz, Bologna Province and Attiki region, traffic banning measures in metropolitan Brussels area, Paris and central Rome, and measures in favour of public transport in Grenoble. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. 0612AR242E.
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