Inspiration

Within the LIFE CityTRAQ project, we are working together towards a future with cleaner air. The goal is clear: better air quality for our cities. With six dedicated partners on board, we bring together traffic counts and air quality measurements to not only detect and measure air pollution, but also to understand the effects of our mobility choices.

Since 2021, the VMM has been participating in the European Horizon 2020 project COMPAIR. This project develops technology tailored to citizens and local policymakers and experiments with them to increase the impact of measures and behavioral change. The VMM plays a crucial role in technological development and the development of a more effective air policy based on the data obtained. In addition, the VMM stimulates the involvement of citizens and monitors behavioral changes.

On this dashboard we display the journeys recorded via the DEVA, in combination with air quality data measured with mobile sensors or calculated via a model

The DEVA (Dynamic Exposure Visualisation App) allows you to explore air quality and traffic congestion in your area in various ways.

The VMM is a partner of the European COMPAIR project, which collects data on traffic flows and air quality through citizen science. In the project, the VMM helps local authorities to choose air quality sensors and citizens to easily measure the air quality in their neighbourhood with the sensor.

Fire and cosiness, two things that are strongly connected in our minds. But burning wood also has a downside: the smoke is unhealthy and sometimes causes nuisance in the neighborhood.

Kortrijk wants to improve the quality of life in Hoog Kortrijk and Kortrijk-Oost. In order to better coordinate spatial development, mobility and infrastructure works, the City of Kortrijk, with the support of the VMM, has carried out measurements of the air quality.

In the spring of 2021, GroenLinks Echt-Susteren started the citizens' initiative Together Meten Echt-Susteren.

To get an idea of the current and expected air quality, you can look at model maps or real-time measurements.

In Flanders, you can use the air and noise calculation tool to easily identify bottlenecks related to air pollution or noise nuisance from traffic. You can also use this tool to estimate the impact of a possible measure.

In Flanders, the Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) has various infographics that provide a visual representation of the air quality problem in Flanders.

In a simple way, the interaction between mobility, air quality, noise pollution and health are addressed in the mobility plan.

In the Boeren en Buren project, farmers, local residents and the municipality of Venray, under the supervision of RIVM, jointly measure air quality.

In 2019, residents of the municipality of Sint-Anthonis started measuring particulate matter. They call themselves the Citizen Scientists of Land van Cuijk (BwLvC). With the support of local politicians, they have placed MySense measurement sets at 16 locations in the municipality.

CLAIRE is the abbreviation for Comparison of Long-term AIR pollution Exposure assessment methods. The project investigates the quality of sensors, partly funded by the Health Institute (HEI). It is also examined whether the sensors in combination with calculations improve the air quality maps.

For this project, city residents use a sensor to measure particulate matter concentrations in the air themselves.

A citizen monitoring network for particulate matter is being set up in Lent by the Air Quality working group of the Lent district council.

In recent years, residents of Maastricht have taken nitrogen measurements. This citizen measurement project now continues with measurements for particulate matter. The residents use particulate matter sensors to measure the local concentration of PM2.5 and PM1. This makes the project a good example of an initiative for the Clean Air Agreement (SLA).

Together we measure air quality in the agricultural region of Horst aan de Maas and Land van Cuijk.

In this project, residents from all over the Northern Netherlands are building their own particulate matter meters in order to jointly investigate the air quality in the region.

Air quality is measured throughout Southeast Brabant using a regional monitoring network. The aim is to gain insight into the concentration and sources of air pollution and to promote clean air on that basis.

Interest in wood burning as a source of air pollution is increasing. This is also the case in the Measuring Together community. There are several citizen projects in which air quality measurements are linked to wood burning. Some are highlighted on this page.

For several years now, the province of South Holland has been helping citizens' initiatives to measure air quality themselves. It makes measuring equipment available and supports the measuring itself. The province is working together with the RIVM and the DCMR Rijnmond Environmental Service.

The aim of the 'Hollandse Luchten' project is to set up the widest possible measuring network in North Holland using air quality sensors.

The BelAir app shows the air quality at your location via a model calculation that is updated every hour.

The Ecoscore gives an indication of the environmental friendliness of the vehicle.

More and more residents are concerned about the air quality in their area. They want to be able to measure it themselves and contribute to healthier air through actions. GGD Haaglanden (Municipal Health Service) guides them in this. Many lessons can be learned from the results of two such initiatives.

De Kleine Stad primary school in Antwerp started at the end of 2019 with a series of experiments on Pure Air. Different grades participated. The youngest students put together particulate matter meters and the fourth grade hung nitrogen dioxide measuring tubes everywhere in the school building. The sixth grade set out with a sensor box to find the healthiest cycling routes. The parents and the neighborhood were allowed to support during the Traffic Procession and at the Winter Festival.

The Fleet tool can inform you about the most important statistics (average ecoscore, average/total CO2 emissions, number of kilometers traveled per year, etc.) of your fleet. In addition, the tool also provides insight into the important environmental statistics of each individual vehicle.