LIFE MONZA project towards its final event
Exposure to noise, particularly caused by road traffic, is a major environmental problem in Europe, affecting millions of people and causing significant public health effects. It is estimated that 113 million people are exposed to long-term day-evening-night traffic noise levels of at least 55 dB(A), based on Environmental Noise Directive implementation data.
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- LIFE MONZA project towards its final event
- 2020-06-12T09:30:00+00:00
- 2020-06-12T13:00:00+00:00
- Exposure to noise, particularly caused by road traffic, is a major environmental problem in Europe, affecting millions of people and causing significant public health effects. It is estimated that 113 million people are exposed to long-term day-evening-night traffic noise levels of at least 55 dB(A), based on Environmental Noise Directive implementation data.
- When Jun 12, 2020 from 09:30 AM to 01:00 PM (GMT+0 / UTC0)
- Where Streaming live
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The realization of Low Emission Zones (LEZs), urban areas subject to different kinds of road traffic restrictions, primarily introduced to ensure compliance with the air pollutants limit values set by the European Directive on ambient air quality 2008/50/EC, is a well-established measure carried out by the cities and the effects on air quality have been analysed in detail, whereas the potential benefits about noise have not been addressed in a comprehensive manner. Restrictions of road traffic in urban areas can be adopted through environmental zones, city tolls, congestion charging, distinguished by vehicle types, speeds and emission standards and the interventions are often used as urban redevelopment.
LEZs have been introduced in many European countries, mostly in Italy, and different regulations, at national and local levels have been developed, causing the need of a comprehensive and integrated management process, particularly regarding the environmental effects.
LIFE MONZA (Methodologies fOr Noise low emission Zones introduction And management) addresses these issues, aiming at introducing an easy-replicable method, and related guidelines, for the identification and the management of the Noise Low Emission Zone (NLEZ), an urban area subject to traffic restrictions, whose impacts and benefits regarding noise issues have been analyzed and tested in the pilot area of the city of Monza, located in North Italy. The infrastructural interventions, able to turn up the pilot area of Libertà district in Monza in a permanent NLEZ, named Top-down measures, have been carried out by the municipality, and they consist in the restriction of vehicles speed, the definition of traffic zone with forbidden access to trucks, the substitution of the current asphalt with a silent one on the main road that cut the area together with interventions to obtain a smooth reduction of vehicles speed, e.g. the introduction of lanes-width reductions. In order to involve the inhabitants of the area, many different actions, named Bottom up measures, as lessons and meetings in primary and high schools to raise awareness about noise effects, ideas contest for students, pedibus service for schoolchildren, have been realized. Other objectives of the project were the evaluation of complementary effects on the air quality and benefits on wellbeing conditions of the residents.
On 12 June 2020, from 9:30 to 12:30 the final event of the Monza project will be held in ONLINE mode.
Proceedings of the event will be made available.