CityTRAQ: Improving AQ monitoring of district mobility plans in Ghent
Within the LIFE CityTRAQ project, we are working together on a future with clean air. The goal is clear: better air quality for our cities. For example, the city of Ghent will check the impact on the air quality of a school street o as well as evaluate the district mobility plans.
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CityTRAQ: Improving AQ monitoring of district mobility plans in Ghent
The impact of all district mobility plans on air quality is being monitored using passive NO2 samplers. Reliability of passive samplers is high, but the potential to involve citizens is rather low due to the lack of transparency and the long wait for lab results. Within CityTRAQ, Ghent investigates if sensors can be used as an alternative for passive samplers to evaluate the impact of mobility measures on air quality. Therefore, NO2 sensor boxes have been installed in the district of Dampoort/Oud-Gentbrugge.
Experimental design
Fixed NO2- sensors at at least 10 locations in the district, from 4 months before implementation of the mobility plan until at least 6 months after.
Map of measuring sites Ghent (purple round = NO2 sensor)
Goals
- Insight into the effectiveness and added value of NO2 sensors in the context of the monitoring of mobility interventions.
- Can sensors bring about more transparency in the evaluation process of policy action? Increase support for policy action?
Partners
City of Antwerpen, City of Brugge, VMM, RIVM and DHMZ