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Urban and Regional Integration HEAVEN Project H ealthier E nvironment through A batement of V ehicle E missions and N oise IST Programme, Key Action I - Systems and Services for the Citizen s Cleo Pouw, City of Rotterdam. Presentation Structure. Objectives HEAVEN Rotterdam

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  1. Urban and Regional Integration HEAVEN Project Healthier Environment through Abatement of Vehicle Emissions and NoiseIST Programme, Key Action I - Systems and Services for the CitizensCleo Pouw, City of Rotterdam

  2. Presentation Structure • Objectives HEAVEN Rotterdam • Urban and Regional Co-operation • The HEAVEN DSS in Rotterdam • Benefits of Urban and Regional Integration • HEAVEN as a catalyst • Conclusions

  3. Objectives HEAVEN Rotterdam • Improve information on traffic related air quality according to national and EU regulations • Create a near real time information platform on air quality for professional users and the general public • DSS for managersin traffic and environment and town planners • Standardisation of methods

  4. Urban and Regional IntegrationThe HEAVEN demonstration area

  5. Main Activities HEAVEN in Rotterdam • Air Quality Monitoring • Modelling • Improved and validated air quality models for highways and inner-urban roads • Upgrade enviromental model suite of the Transport Environment Chart (RVMK) • Build Environmental Information Platform • Demonstration • Evaluation

  6. Urban and Regional Co-operation The Institutional Framework Until the start of the HEAVEN project there was no organisational framework in which the different institutions with task on traffic related air pollution, were meeting on a regular basis • Main actors concerning Air Quality • Local, regional, city-region and province • Main actors concerning traffic • Local, city-region, national, and province • Main actor concerning health • Local Now all on the HEAVEN Steering Committee and Working groups Additional partners: Rotterdam City Development Corporation Private parties: Goudappel Coffeng, TNO

  7. The situation before HEAVENTraffic measures / air quality measurement • No mechanisms to generate (short term) traffic measures based on air quality measurements • Present Transport Environment Chart (TEC) used for yearly reports and demand forecasting for medium and longterm forecasts • Citizens directly contact departments for questions • No platform based on near real time information

  8. Necessity for Urban AND Regional Integration • Air pollution does not stop at city boundaries • Day-to-day responsibility for traffic, roads and environment often has strict institutional boundaries • Commitment stakeholders needed from the start of the project

  9. The HEAVEN DSS in Rotterdam In Rotterdam the Environment Information Platform (EIP) and Traffic Environment Chart (TEC) systems will be operational. The EIP and TEC operate separately, but their functions are complementary and are both needed to complete the DSS

  10. Environmental Information Platform (EIP)

  11. Calculation of noise and Emissions Analysis Report TEC Improved Transport Environment Chart (TEC) Add pollutants Add GIS, Add new dispersion model Improve and validate calculations Adapt in concordance with national and European Standards GIS-based chart of dispersion and Transport model

  12. VROM GGD dS +V TNO dS +V TNO RWS ZH Land Use, Road Network, Population Environmental models Model Use Advise Emission related DCMR Health statistics, built environment Development Parameters & Low Parameters & Background GW-MR prescription items models data & Distribution Variation data Information & Statistics GGD Traffic dS +V Measurements & Statistics dS +V Air Quality DCMR Measurements DSS (Filtered and Unfiltered data) INFORMATION FLOW & Forecast Citizens Meteorological KNMI Conditions & Forecast Guidelines & Thresholds PROV ZH DCMR dS +V GGD RWS ZH GW-MR VROM Context Diagram Involvement Urban and Regional authorities TNO RWS

  13. Benefits of Urban and Regional Integration • Discussion on short term measures initiated • Involvement and commitment of politicians, citizens and civil servants rising • Members of the HEAVEN project team participate in national project of the Ministries of Traffic and Environment about short term strategies in the Overschie district • Strategies to be tested in HEAVEN

  14. HEAVEN as catalyst for Urban and Regional Integration • Integration of expertise and data • Political lobbying supported by ‘European dimension’ • Keep going! being the ‘watchdog’ for continuation • HEAVEN budgets were catalyst for • Budgets within the city • additional funds from industrial partners • additional funds from province

  15. Conclusions • Organisational framework initiated • Better information provision • Improved basis for decision-making • Discussion on organisational responsibility for the respective measures • Near real time information for the general public and media

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