Presentation Vehicle Noise at DAGA-AIA 2013

1. How traffic noise captured our
cities and how to regain our
cities
henk.wolfert@dcmr.nl
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Content
Introduction
Noise in Europe EU27
Traffic growth
Factors influencing traffic
Other developments
Abundance of measures
Why are parties so reluctant?
What could/should be done?
Conclusions/Discussion

3. Noise burden in EU27
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 globalisation
 population growth
 individualisation
 ageing (dependency)
 prosperity
 Intensification (more with less)
 computerisation
 social demands
 labour participation women
 Increased free time
 spatial spread of work-
living- services
 desire to be independent in
time and space
 flexibility/manoeuvrability
 24-7 economy
 life expectancy
 psychological factors
 educational factors
 patterns of social activities
 concerns, stress and safety
Demographic, societal, psychological, sociological

6. Improving infrastructure
Expanding infrastructure
Negative media attention by PT failure
Deterioration society and facilities
Feelings unsafe (areas, time of the day,..)
Et cetera
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7. A bucket full with measures
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8. European
level
National
level
Regional and
local level
Societal level
Traffic Management Solutions
• Speed reduction
• Smoothing traffic flow
• Dedicated lanes/restricted zones/parking
space
Barriers*, bundling (??)
Road design
• Lay-out
• Quiet road surfaces
Financial/fiscal measures
Shift soft modes, car-sharing
Public Transport
Electric and Hybrid vehicles
Insulation of façade
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9. Why are parties so
reluctant?
lack of
awareness
too many
priorities lack of
interest
doesn’t
fit profile
lack of
money
survivor
electoral
motives
weak
governance
weather
time
savings
doesn’t
fit in prgr
no idea
too lazy
comfort
habit
freedom
armor
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seamless
trips
status
journey
chains
Politicians
Policymakers
Entrepreneurs
Residents

10. Mind shift
Education/Socialisation
Family
Schools
Social Networks
Using social marketing techniques
Using social media
Media use (health or family magazines, ..)
Ambassadors and policy entrepreneurs
Tendency in youngsters (Dutch Mobility Plan 2012)
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11. Towards Sustainable Urban
Areas by means of SUMP
Quality of life citizens can be expressed by prosperity, well-
being and other indicators:
Wellbeing : satisfaction with life
Prosperity: consumption goods and services
Individual characteristics: health, living, education, free
time, employment, mobility, etc.
Environment: safety, equity, social participation, nature,
good governance, air quality, clean soil,
clean water, noise, etc.
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12. Towards a new mobility
pattern as mobility is indispensible
Promote sustainable ways of transportation
Provoke citizens, groups and entrepreneurs to chose ST
Reward sustainable transportation (tangible/visible)
Allow ST to dedicated areas as exemption
Stimulate, fiscal or financial (user/polluter principle)
Force enterprises /institutes to choose for ST of
employees and goods (permitting, ordinance,..)
Forbid/restrict car access (times and places)
Authorities should be a shining example
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13. Intensification urbanisation (80% rule, less car use)
Speed up actions proposed by European Union
regarding curbing fossil fuelled cars by 2030 and 2050
Improve availability and quality of Public Transport
Facilities for quiet and clean vehicles such as
Free parking place
Free electric charging poles
Better access to facilities
Limited parking space (housing, offices)
Sustainable good deliveries (clean,
quiet, energy friendly)
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14. Road design
Quiet road surface
Positioning lanes, service- and biking/walking lanes
Optimised for less annoyance (road network)
Neighbourhood design
Car restricted/free
PT stops at short distance, nodes to connect
Quiet Areas and Green
Orientation and lay-out of sensitive buildings
Closed façades
Double façades
Sensitive rooms at the back (quiet) side
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15. Conclusions
We cannot stop car mobility, no way to ban the iron
horse at all, it’s valuable for economy, quality of life, etc
It’s hard to change human behaviour [INTERNOISE2010]
should pull and push?
educate and socialisation
Urbanization helps a little (80% and less car use)
Sustainable Urban Mobility is a must! SUMP’s
(Plug-in) Hybrids and Electric Vehicles are allowed to
enter urban areas; Conventionally fuelled cars are
presumably prohibited as from 2050 (EU), are there
ways to speed up?
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