The European Parliament has approved a new energy efficiency, safety and noise labelling scheme for new tyres. Transport & Environment says the label is a step forward but much will now depend on national authorities being strict on implementing the scheme.
November 25, 2009 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Lorries & Road Freight | Noise | Press Releases | Vans
Europeans wanting to know how noisy their area is can now find out at the click of a mouse.
November 16, 2009 | Noise | T&E Bulletin
MEPs, the Commission and officials of member states have agreed a labelling scheme for new tyres that T&E says is a step forward but much will now depend on national authorities being strict on implementing the scheme.
October 14, 2009 | Cars | Noise | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy
A Swedish study says a quarter of European people live near roads where noise levels are likely to raise blood pressure to risky levels. A team from the University of Lund found that the risk of high blood pressure rose by more than 25% with noise levels above 60 decibels, putting them at risk of heart disease and stroke. The studay, which was based on a sample of just under 28,000 people, is published in the Environmental Health Journal.
October 14, 2009 | Noise | T&E Bulletin
Sustainable transport campaigners and consumer groups have jointly criticised a last-minute EU deal on a new energy efficiency, safety and noise label for vehicle tyres. The latest legal text, set to be finalised on Thursday, would effectively turn the scheme into a voluntary programme, with no clear rules on how or where the labels should be displayed.
September 29, 2009 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Noise | Press Releases
The dangers of the United Nations’ Geneva office taking over responsibility for regulating aspects of European transport have been thrown into sharp focus, after a draft for a legally binding standard designed to cut noise from cars allowed for traffic noise to get much louder.
September 11, 2009 | Cars | Noise | T&E Bulletin
Cars are set to become noisier as a result of a new legally-binding measurement standard to be agreed by a United Nations body.
August 31, 2009 | Cars | Noise | Press Releases
The Commission has rejected several suggestions by MEPs to make the forthcoming revised EU law on tyre labelling easier for the public to understand.
July 15, 2009 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Lorries & Road Freight | Noise | T&E Bulletin
Editorial by Jos Dings, Director There’s an old joke that says the EU would not be allowed to be a member of itself. This is because it insists that all member states must have parliaments whose workings are open to the public, but the EU’s main decision-making body, the Council of Ministers, meets behind closed doors.
July 15, 2009 | Cars | General Transport | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy | Noise
Measures to cut fuel consumption and noise through better tyres have moved a step closer, and must now await next month's European Parliament elections.
May 18, 2009 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Lorries & Road Freight | Noise | T&E Bulletin