INTEGAIRE

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INTEGAIRE FINAL CONFERENCE Seville 17-18
February 2005 Peter Segaar Traffic
management dosing traffic in one street
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General Overview

• Problem exceedance of the NO2 LV MOT
• Analysis busy, small connecting road
• SolutionPlanning and measuresTraffic measures
  Better traffic managementImprovement of air
  quality by traffic managementDosing traffic

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EU Perspective

• National implementation of EU legislation
• Exceedance of NO2 LV MOT
• Local actionplan
• High backgroundconcentrations

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NO2 levels over Europe
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City Perspective

• Using other sector plans to solve the problem
• Join existing policies low traffic zones and
  concentrating traffic on wide roads
• Air quality policy concentrate traffic where it
  is possible and distribute where it is needed
• When you should stop concentrating on a road?
• What to do with a busy, small connecting road?

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Amount of traffic in three periods, compared with
original and wished amount of traffic
25.000
original amount of traffic
20.000
max. permited amount
week 4-6
15.000
week 7-10
week 10-12
10.000
5.000
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Beetsstraat - Bleekstraat Bleekstraat
- Ledig Erf
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Information at dosing light
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Dosing light Catharijnebaan
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Recommendations

• Ask money for an experiment
• Choose a change in one step
• Spend a lot of time on communication and
  coördination
• Find companions

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Conclusions

• Dosing traffic is a very effective measure
• Political courage is needed