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UIC/CER - MB/RT - 11/2002

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Noise Policy - European perspective

Mads Bergendorff Environmental advisor UIC

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Rail Noise SeminarUtrecht 7 November 2002


AGENDA

Political Background

Development in the European Transport Sector

Commission’s White paper

Railways’ European development strategy (ERRAC and SRRA)

Noise Policy (The Environmental Noise Directive)

Overview of the noise activities

UIC/CER railway noise strategy

Political background


EU TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT



EU WHITE PAPER ON TRANSPORT

The growth in road and air traffic must be brought into control, and the railway and other environmentally friendly modes of transportation must be given the necessary means to become competitive

Regulated competition between modes (internalisation of external cost) For the European railway transportation system:

Interoperability Creation of a European single rail market Upgraded service Assure and maintain the high level of safety and environmental performance

“However, the common transport policy alone will not provide all the answers. It must be part of an overall strategy integrating sustainable development”



RAILWAY RESEARCH STRATEGY




Principal objectives of the railway system in Europe by 2020 are:

• For rail to achieve a 10% market share of passenger traffic in the EU with no detrimental environmental impact (doubling of passenger kilometres)• For rail to achieve a 15% market share of freight traffic in the EU with no detrimental environmental impact (a tripling of ton kilometres)• A threefold increase in productivity (UIC Strategy);• Elimination of avoidable fatal accidents within proposed interoperable European railway system;• A 50% gain in energy efficiency over vehicle or product life cycles;• A 50% reduction in the generation of pollutants over the life cycle of rail industry products and services;• An increase in network capacity to accommodate the traffic projections given above.


UIC/CER - MB/RT - 11/2002 Political background

ERRAC - “European Railway Research Advisory Council” is an

independent permanent advisory body for the Eureopean Commission

SRRA - ”Strategic Railway Research Agenda” was published at

Eurailspeed 2002 in Madrid 2 weeks ago

• The idea behind SRRA is a business scenario 2020• Research clusters in SRRA:

• Interoperability• Intelligent mobility• Safety• Environment - including noise• Innovative materials and production methods



NOISE POLICY


New legislation: Environmental Noise Directivetwo main objectives

Latest developments

(2) basis for further legislationon noise sources (rail vehiclesand infrastructure) EC report within 18 months Appropriate legislative proposals in 4 years

Noise creation

(1) avoid, prevent or reduceharmful effects of noise Noise mapping Information to public Action plans

Noise reception


Noise Reception: Implementation of the Directive

NOISE POLICY

Latest developments

Member States are free in setting reception limit values

Member States can introduce different limit values for different modes of transport


Noise creation: Development and role of TSI

TSI conventional rail and revision TSI high-speed

New vehicles (and existing fleet)

Retrofitting / voluntary measures / Second Railway Package


NOISE ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES

European Legislation on Noise Creation: TSI

European Legislation on Noise mapping & Noise Abatement

National Legislation on Noise Creation (A, I,CH)

Railway NoiseOngoing Projects:STAIRRSRENVIBImplement. Silent technicHarmonoiseCurve squealResearch Braking systemERS

Cost Benefit of Noise abatement Strategies (STAIRRS)

Railway Noise Research

Europe’s Traffic Policy promoting Railway as Environmental friendly mode of Transport

European & National Noise Policy

Rolling Noise, Produced by existing Fright wagons

Technical / physical aspects of Noise

Noise High Speed, in construction of new lines


External and internal working groups

NOISE ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES

UIC steeringgroup actionprogramme

UIC SCNoise &

Vibrations

UIC CTR

EU WGrailway noise

EU steeringgroup noise

ERRAC WT 4Environment

AEIF groupnoise

EU WG 6subgroup TSI

EU WG 6subgrouppriorities

CALMNetwork

EU WGhealth andeconomic


UIC/CER Action Programme Noise Reduction Freight

Technology wheel/brake:

Safeguarding unlimited K-blocks approval

Lifecycle-cost clarified

Solution for new vehicles available! To be used!

Decision taken by: DB, SNCF, SBB

Development of LL-block (retrofit of existing wagons) started in

ERS-project; feasibility clarified mid 2003 (?)

Noise abatement activities

Technology W heel/BrakeM r Raison

Planning Im plementationM rs. Ceschin

EU-LegislationM r. Huebner

Action Program m Steering G roupM r HeinischM r Kettner



Planning implementation:

Fleet to be retrofitted: 600’000 wagons (of 1.200’000 existing

Wagons)

Retrofitting costs (K-blocks) estimated to ~3 Bill €

STAIRRS estimates cost for noise screens in Europe to 40 - 60 Bill

€








EU Legislation:

EC study proposal "Status and options for the reduction of noise

emission from the existing European rail freight wagon fleet - Third-

party assessment”







EU WG 6 RAILWAY NOISE

Focus of discussions on

Possibilities on Noise reduction in general:

Regulation on Noise creation (Vehicles)

Regulation on Noise reception (Infrastructure), i.e. Track

Maintenance conditions or fixing acoustic grinding

Position Paper on the European strategies and priorities of railway

noise abatement

Discussion within subgroup; Great difficulties to get to agreements,

Railways position in general supported by large majority of WG.

Number of noise abatement instruments investigated



For the development of a noise reduction strategy the completepicture is needed

RAILWAY NOISE STRATEGY

Noise creation

Noise reception

- Noise creation: ODS-study and sector response

- Proposal for voluntary agreement (decision in 1998/1999) and reference in Second Railway Package


Basic elements for the upcoming railnoise reduction strategy

Freight traffic

Passenger traffic

Infrastructure

Research

Principles / Fields of action


Strategy Elements


Key point for a rail noise reduction strategy

The reduction of noise from the existing freight vehicle fleet

is a challenging task but it also provides probably the best

cost-benefit ratio compared to other options reducing noise

reception and thereby meeting (today's and) future

legal requirements.


Strategy Elements


Strategy Elements

FREIGHT TRAFFIC

First and important step: Retrofitting of the existing vehicle fleet

New vehicles: best possible technology

PASSENGER TRAFFIC

Need for retrofitting to be decided on national level

INFRASTRUCTURE

Track measures have to be considered (more information needed)



Strategy Elements

RESEARCH

Important part of the noise reduction strategy

Development of global approach in line with ERRAC objectives

PRINCIPLES / FIELDS OF ACTION

Noise creation dealt with on EU-level

Reception issues tackled on national level

Voluntary measures at time being difficult due to technical andfinancial questions



Strategy Elements

Next Steps

After defining the main elements for a rail noise reductionstrategy the following tasks are now being addressed:

Prioritization

Evaluation of options (assessment of opportunities and risks)

Formulation of areas and scope where co-operation with

EU/national policy level is needed

Compilation of Rail noise policy paper



EC study proposal "Status and options for the reduction of noise emission from the existing European rail freight wagon fleet - Third-party assessment"

Voluntary agreement should aim making wagon fleet more performing and respond better to customer demands in connection with measures to improve fleet management

Study should carry out

independent evaluation of the UIC action plan status of existing fleet and forecast options for developing the fleet to meet environmental and market requirements including evaluation of cost-effectiveness propose actions on EU and Member State level including alternative means of funding renewal of the fleet


Action Plan Elements


There is a European support on the political level for the railway mode - this needs now to be put into practice

UIC, CER and the railways are very focused on the noise problems of oursector

There is a close co-operation between the Commission and the railway organisations to solve the problems

UIC, CER and the railways would like to communicate openly with ourstakeholders - invitation is hereby given!

CONCLUSIONS

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