Quieter surface transport

Project Information

SILENCE

Grant agreement ID: 516288

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2005

End date 31 May 2008

Funded under

• Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 15 689 025,00

EU contribution € 8 900 000,00

Coordinated by

AVL LIST GMBH
Austria

Objective

SILENCE aims at developing an integrated system of methodologies and technologies for an efficient control ofurban traffic noise. "Integrated system" means the combined consideration of city authorities, individual traffic (onroad) and mass transport (on rail and road) with a holistic treatment of all traffic noise facets: urban noisescenarios, individual noise sources (vehicles), traffic management, noise perception and annoyance.The SILENCE approach starts with three steps: the assessment of urban noise situations based on data fromEuropean cities, the definition of two urban noise scenarios as reference basis for the whole project, theidentification of the related noise abatement priorities and noise reduction potentials. On this basis, the RTDactivities are developed and integrated to an unique system of noise abatement technologies and tools andmethodologies for noise reduction and policies. Thereby, the essential categories of urban traffic vehicles areconsidered like cars, light duty trucks, buses, trams, metros, trains etc. One key element of this RTD approach isthe global modelling for the prediction of noise effects on urban scenarios. Based on models for individual trafficelements developed in previous EU projects the global model predictsthe overall noise emission of complex traffic situations and allows the prediction of noise immission by a sourcemodel coherent with the models used in HARMONOISE. This global model is used to apply the noise abatementtechnologies developed to the two reference noise scenarios, to predict their noise reduction effects and tovalidate the noise reduction potentials. Thus, the key results and deliverables of SILENCE are first a noise abatement technology platform for road andrail vehicles, urban transport infrastructure and traffic flow aspects, and second tools, methodologies and inputdata for decision support systems, urban action plans and future noise scenarios.

Fields of science

• social sciences › social geography › transport

Programme(s)

• FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SUSTDEV-2003-3.1.1.1.3 - Quieter surface transport

Call for proposal

FP6-2003-TRANSPORT-3
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

IP - Integrated Project

Coordinator

AVL LIST GMBH

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Hans-List-Platz 1 ; GRAZ ; Austria
• Total cost: No data

Participants (45)

CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT S.C.P.A.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Strada Torino 50 ; ORBASSANO (TORINO)
• Total cost: No data

DEUTSCHE BAHN AG

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Potsdamer Platz 2 ; BERLIN
• Total cost: No data

FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ UND ARBEITSPHYSIOLOGIE

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ardeystraße 67 ; DORTMUND
• Total cost: No data

CONTINENTAL AG

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Jaedekamp 30 ; 169 HANNOVER
• Total cost: No data

FORUM OF EUROPEAN NATIONAL HIGHWAY RESEARCH LABORATORIES

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Blvd de la Woluwe 42 ; BRUSSELS
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SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER FRANCAIS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 34 Rue du Commandant Mouchotte ; PARIS
• Total cost: No data

POLIS - PROMOTION OF OPERATIONAL LINKS WITH INTEGRATED SERVICES, ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Scotland House - rond point Schuman 6 box 8 ; BRUSSELS
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RENAULT S.A.S. REPRESENTED BY GIE REGIENOV

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 13/15 quai Alphonse le Gallo ; BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT
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VOLKSWAGEN AG

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Berliner Ring 2 ; 1777 WOLFSBURG
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VOLVO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Götaverksgatan 10, (M1.7) ; GOTHENBURG
• Total cost: No data

DELTARAIL BV

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Concordiastraat 67 ; 8125 UTRECHT
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ALSTOM TRANSPORT SA

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 3 Avenue André Malraux ; LEVELLOISE-PERRET
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BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION (HOLDINGS) GERMANY GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Saatwinkler Damm 43 ; BERLIN
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BRUEL & KJAER SOUND & VIBRATION MEASUREMENT A/S

Denmark

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• Address: Skodsborgvej 307 ; NAERUM
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DYNAMICS, STRUCTURES & SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL

Belgium

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• Address: Jules Vandenbemptlaan 71 ; HEVERLEE
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

United Kingdom

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• Address: Highfield ; SOUTHAMPTON
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RIETER AUTOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT AG

Switzerland

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• Address: Schlosstalstrasse 43 ; WINTERTHUR
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STIFTELSEN FOR INDUSTRIELL OG TEKNISK FORSKNING VE

Norway

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• Address: Strindveien ; TRONDHEIM
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SOCIÉTÉ DES TRANSPORTS INTERCOMMUNAUX DE BRUXELLES

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: avenue de la Toison d'Or 15 ; BRUSSELS
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TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Strasse des 17. Juni 135 ; BERLIN
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ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY (UNIWERSYTET IM. ADAMA MICKIEWICZA)

Poland

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• Address: H. Wieniawskiego 1 ; POZNAN
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ANSALDOBREDA S.P.A.

Italy

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• Address: VIA ARGINE, 425 ; NAPOLI
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UNIVERSITÁ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE - MECHANICAL

Italy

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• Address: Piazza Roma, 22 ; ANCONA
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CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AB

Sweden

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• Address: GOTHENBURG
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GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITÄT HANNOVER

Germany

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• Address: Welfengarten 1 ; HANNOVER
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INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUES DE LYON

France

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• Address: 20 avenue Albert EINSTEIN ; VILLEURBANNE
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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

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• Address: rue Michel-ange, 3 ; PARIS
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LUCCHINI SIDERMECCANICA SPA

Italy

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• Address: Via Oberdan ;
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M+P RAADGEVENDE INGENIEURS BV

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Visserstraat 50 ; 344 AALSMEER
• Total cost: No data

REGIE AUTONOME DES TRANSPORTS PARISIENS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 54 Quai de la Rapee LAC b71 ; PARIS
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TUEV NORD MOBILITAET GMBH & CO KG

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Langemarckstr. 20 ; 10 32 61 ESSEN
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TRENITALIA SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Piazza della Croce Rossa, 1 ; ROMA
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CORUS UK LTD, TRADING AS CORUS RAIL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 30 Millbank ; LONDON
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VIBRATEC

France

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• Address: 28 Chemin du Petit Bois ; ECULLY
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KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HGSKOLAN

Sweden

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• Address: Valhallav 79 ; STOCKHOLM
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ADMINISTRATION DE L'EQUIPEMENT ET DES DPLACEMENTS'

Belgium

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• Address: AED-DTS rue du Progrés, 80/1 ; BRUSSELS
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COMUNE DI GENOVA, UNIT DI PROGETTO PIANO URBANO D

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Garibaldi, 9 ; GENOVA
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AUTOSTRADE PER L'ITALIA S.P.A.

Italy

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• Address: Alberto Bergamini 50 ; ROMA
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SKANSKA SWEDEN AB

Sweden

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• Address: Frykdalsbacken ; BOX 49 FARSTA
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BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL

United Kingdom

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• Address: Colston House, Colston Street ; BISTROL
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ALTRAN DISSENY DE SISTEMES I DESENVOLUPAMENT, S.A.

Spain

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• Address: Balmes, 114, 2n ; BARCELONA
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BRUSSELS INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Belgium

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• Address: Gulledelle, 100 ; BRUSSELS
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DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Ireland

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• Address: Fitzwilliam House, 40 Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2 ; DUBLIN
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CITY OF MUNICH - DEPARTMENT OF HELTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bayerstr. 28a ; MUNICH
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BRUITPARIF - OBSERVATORY FOR NOISE IN THE ILE-DE-FRANCE REGION

France

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• Address: 25 rue coquillière ; PARIS
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