Noise

News: German limit

Germany’s city-state of Bremen announced last month that its 60 kilometres of motorway will have a blanket 120 km/h speed limit.

May 14, 2008 | Air Pollution | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Noise | T&E Bulletin

News: Aircraft emissions represent IPCC’s worst case scenario

A study that has not been published but was offered to a seminar last year says airlines are emitting enough carbon dioxide to confirm the worst scenario about global warming.

May 14, 2008 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Noise | T&E Bulletin

Publications: EU Actions for Urban Mobility

Response to the public consultation of the European Commission on a new Action Plan on Urban Mobility

March 17, 2008 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Euro Standards | Lorries & Road Freight | Noise | Pricing & Taxation | Public & Urban

News: Airport noise rules making no difference

EU rules introduced five years ago to limit noise at airports have had very little effect, according to a Commission report.

March 12, 2008 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Noise | T&E Bulletin

News: Traffic noise bad for your health

More evidence has emerged about the damage traffic noise can do to people’s health.

March 12, 2008 | Aviation | Cars | Noise | Railways | T&E Bulletin

Publications: Traffic Noise Reduction in Europe

Health effects, social costs and technical and policy options to reduce road and rail traffic noise. Report commissioned by T&E from CE Delft.

February 28, 2008 | Cars | Noise | Public & Urban | Railways | Lorries & Road Freight

Publications: Can you hear us? - Why it is finally time for the EU to tackle the problem of traffic noise

In this brochure, T&E sets out the problem of traffic noise and what can be gained by seriously tackling it, and recommends the best course of action for the EU to adopt in drafting a new set of tighter noise standards.

February 28, 2008 | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | Noise | Railways | Public & Urban

News: 50,000 heart deaths a year caused by traffic noise

Close to half of all Europeans are regularly exposed to traffic noise levels that are potentially dangerous to health, a new study has found.

February 28, 2008 | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | Noise | Press Releases | Railways

News: Traffic noise – a problem neglected for 40 years that must now be confronted

Editorial by Nina Renshaw, T&E Policy Officer

It’s strange how sometimes the most obvious problem is the one that is overlooked. One of the tasks the environmental movement has is to get people to understand the urgency of harmful emissions when there isn’t much tangible awareness of either those emissions or the problems they cause. By contrast, noise is a tangible problem, something we hear, especially when it keeps us awake. Yet at EU level, the problem of noise is a tale of severe neglect.

February 6, 2008 | Noise | T&E Bulletin

News: Commission not listening to noise

The Commission has once again postponed proposals on limiting road noise from tyres by six months.

December 13, 2007 | Noise | T&E Bulletin

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