VISUALISATION TOOLS FOR NOISE AND QUIET. LITHUANIA Valdas Uscila Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania Eionet Noise Workshop 22–23 October 2015, The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Utrecht, The Netherlands

CONTENTS  Strategic noise maps of Vilnius agglomeration as a part of environmental information system  Brief information about quiet areas in Lithuania  Strategic noise maps of major roads as a part of road traffic information system  Strategic noise maps of major railways as a part railway traffic information system  Easy tools to share spatial information for small/medium projects

CONTENTS  Strategic noise maps of Vilnius agglomeration as a part of environmental information system  Brief information about quiet areas in Lithuania  Strategic noise maps of major roads as a part of road traffic information system  Strategic noise maps of major railways as a part railway traffic information system  Easy tools to share spatial information for small/medium projects

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION WEBSITE OF VILNIUS CITY MUNICIPALITY Main blocks:  Environmental quality maps and other relevant spatial information  Air quality  Noise  Waste  Surface water  Drinking water  Contaminated sites  Sewage  Bio-diversity  Landscape

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MAPS AND OTHER RELEVANT SPATIAL INFORMATION  Public institutions  Bicycle paths  Environmental protection (quality maps)  Spatial (territorial) planning  Bike sharing stations  Street categories

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MAPS Environmental protection (quality maps):  Quiet areas  Strategic noise maps (road, rail, air, industry, L d, L e, L n, L den )  Air quality maps  Contamination from closed landfills  Surface water contamination  Soil contamination

Selection of quiet areas

Selection of road transport noise map, L den

CONTENTS  Strategic noise maps of Vilnius agglomeration as a part of environmental information system  Brief information about quiet areas in Lithuania  Strategic noise maps of major roads as a part of road traffic information system  Strategic noise maps of major railways as a part railway traffic information system  Easy tools to share spatial information for small/medium projects

QUIET AREAS IN LITHUANIA  Councils of municipalities are obliged to determine (adopt) quiet areas (by official decision (legal act) of the municipality council)  Administrations of municipalities are obliged to monitor noise within quiet areas  3 types of quiet areas:  quiet area in an agglomeration (adopted in 2 of 4 agglomerations, the rest 2 agglomerations adopted quiet public areas)  quiet area in open country (adopted in 37 of total 60 municipalities)  quiet public area (adopted in 57 of total 60 municipalities)

CONTENTS  Strategic noise maps of Vilnius agglomeration as a part of environmental information system  Brief information about quiet areas in Lithuania  Strategic noise maps of major roads as a part of road traffic information system  Strategic noise maps of major railways as a part railway traffic information system  Easy tools to share spatial information for small/medium projects

ROAD TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEM  Maintained by The Lithuanian Road Administration under the Ministry of Transport and Communications  Thematic blocks and information:  Normative documents of road maintenance  Road maintenance level (classification of roads, eg. priorities for actions in winter)  Road works (in road of State importance)  Noise information – strategic noise maps of major roads (L den and L n )  Weather conditions  Traffic composition and annual average intensity  Road surface type, etc.

CONTENTS  Strategic noise maps of Vilnius agglomeration as a part of environmental information system  Brief information about quiet areas in Lithuania  Strategic noise maps of major roads as a part of road traffic information system  Strategic noise maps of major railways as a part railway traffic information system  Easy tools to share spatial information for small/medium projects

RAIL TRANSPORT RISK MANAGEMENT AND SURVEILLANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM  Maintained by The State Railway Inspectorate under the Ministry of Transport and Communications  Capable to display:  Information on railway traffic accidents or incidents, „black spots“  Strategic noise maps of major railways (L d, L e, L n, L den )

CONTENTS  Strategic noise maps of Vilnius agglomeration as a part of environmental information system  Brief information about quiet areas in Lithuania  Strategic noise maps of major roads as a part of road traffic information system  Strategic noise maps of major railways as a part railway traffic information system  Easy tools to share spatial information for small/medium projects

EXAMPLE OF EASY TOOL, CAPABLE TO MANAGE STRATE- GIC NOISE MAPS OF 4TH BY SIZE LITHUANIAN AGGLOMERATION  Different spatial layers can be grouped into one group of layers, so it is possible to display different noise sources and noise indicators in one map  Possibility to manage 3 maps can be used to present noise maps of 3 stages of END  Different input data formats supported, easy layer symbology  Can be embedded into other websites to provide basic information about content (eg. source of data, noise indicators, time line, health effects of noise, applicability and limitations of noise maps, etc.)  At no cost

EXAMPLE OF DISSEMINATION OF NOISE MONITORING DATA IN QUIET AREAS OF SMALL MUNICIPALITY

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