Environmental Capacity Urban Roads in Brussels
10.68
From 2011 to 2012
This project aimed to create a balance between traffic function and urban function within the Brussels Capital Region, while respecting environmental criteria. TML developed an Excel tool that calculates indicators for noise, air pollution, nature, and safety and elaborated the methods for air pollution and noise based on CAR methodology.
The current road hierarchy within the Brussels Capital Region, as included in the Iris Transport Plan, is largely worked out on the basis of current and expected traffic load and according to the role that roads should ensure in terms of mobility. But traffic intensity and urban area are hardly aligned. Thus, the RDP catalogues both Avenue Louise and the section of the E411 coming from Namur as metropolitan roads, although they actually have very little in common in terms of typology, construction, and environment.
The aim is to achieve a balance between traffic function and urban function while respecting recognised environmental criteria. During the project, an Excel tool was developed that, based on some simple characteristics of a road (section), calculates indicators for noise, air pollution, nature and water, and safety. For each theme, a score is determined by comparing the indicators with applicable standards.
TML developed the Excel tool and elaborated the calculation methods for air pollution (based on CAR methodology) and noise.
The current road hierarchy within the Brussels Capital Region, as included in the Iris Transport Plan, is largely worked out on the basis of current and expected traffic load and according to the role that roads should ensure in terms of mobility. But traffic intensity and urban area are hardly aligned. Thus, the RDP catalogues both Avenue Louise and the section of the E411 coming from Namur as metropolitan roads, although they actually have very little in common in terms of typology, construction, and environment.
The aim is to achieve a balance between traffic function and urban function while respecting recognised environmental criteria. During the project, an Excel tool was developed that, based on some simple characteristics of a road (section), calculates indicators for noise, air pollution, nature and water, and safety. For each theme, a score is determined by comparing the indicators with applicable standards.
TML developed the Excel tool and elaborated the calculation methods for air pollution (based on CAR methodology) and noise.
