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The University of Michigan has just published a study on noise exposure conducted with 4500 people in New York City. ...

6000 Europeans, from ten countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey and the UK), were asked about their perception of electric cars for the survey...

The European Commission presented last December 9th a proposal for a regulation aiming to reduce noise “produced by cars, vans, buses, coaches, light and heavy trucks”. ...

A team of German and US researchers have just published in the “Sleep” journal an article on the effects on sleep of mono- and multi-exposures to road, rail and air noises. This study...

Within the SURVOL project, Bruitparif continues the deployment of expert measurement stations in order to monitor aircraft noise. Some Sonopodes were installed in Bonnelles (Yvelines), Limours...

Road, rail and air traffic: there are many noise sources, especially in highly urbanised areas such as Ile-de-France. The population is subjected permanently to noise and, due to the extent of the...

The High Council for Broadcasting (CSA) published in the Official Journal of October 11th, 2011 a decision related to the technical characteristics of the noise level of TV programmes and adverts....

The University of Extremadura has just published a study about the impact of noise on birds. The barrier of 50 decibels seems to limit the presence of birds in an urban context. Half the species...

Since October 2nd, 2011, the city of Paris has been testing the self-service car rental system Autolib’ (same principle as Velib’ for bicycles) before its official launch on December...

Jean-Paul Huchon, President of the Ile-de-France Regional council, and Abdelali Meziane, President of Bruitparif, announced today the official launch of the Rumeur website, developed by...

Bruitparif organised a Forum of the Entities in partnership with the French Road Union on last September 21st. 140 people came to the Total Coupole Tower to attend this session dedicated to road...

On Sunday, September 25th, 2011, Bruitparif will have a stand at Saint-Prix (Val-d’Oise) from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm in the gardens of the Town Hall. ...

On September 24th and 25th, 2011, Bruitparif will be present at the Park of the Blue Beach in Valenton for the Park Festival of the Val-de-Marne General council: Récréa’terre....

On Saturday, September 17th, 2011, Bruitparif will be present at Boulogne-Billancourt for Mobility and Road Safety Day. This event is part of the European Week of the same name, which takes place...

For the fifth year in a row, Bruitparif works to make Techno Parade a festive event without hearing risks. ...

The Council of the European Union adopted on September 12th the Eurovignette directive revising the current rules on road use charges for heavy goods vehicles. Road carriers will have to...

The EU Court of Justice has just confirmed the legitimacy of the air noise regulations set up in the Brussels-Capital region in 1999. It is therefore entirely possible to set maximum noise levels...

Bruitparif will be present at Paris Beach, at the Bassin de la Villette (19th district), on the Antennes Jeunes stand on Tuesday, August 2nd and Friday, August 12th, 2011 from 3 pm to 8 pm. ...

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet announced on Wednesday, June 29th, the implementation in autumn 2011 of the 300-metre rise in altitude set up within the Grenelle of the Environment: - for...

On Tuesday, June 28th, a report on the fight against noise nuisances was presented in front of the Sustainable development commission of the French National Assembly. 30 organisations were...

Geodis, the freight and logistics subsidiary of SNCF, is launching Distripolis, new urban logistics in line with the Grenelle of the Environment. The objective is to reduce CO2 emissions and air...

Bruitparif joined forces for the second year in a row with the Inter-LGBT association in order to prevent hearing risks during the Gay Pride, on Saturday, June 25th, 2011, and began a new...

EU member states will now be able to adjust the tolls that HGVs have to pay according to their pollution and noise nuisances, based on a directive approved on Tuesday, June 7th, which establishes...

Saint-Prix (Val-d'Oise), Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), Saint-Martin du Tertre (Val-d'Oise) and Sannois (Val-d'Oise) are now housing an expert noise measurement station...

On May 12th, Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine) has become the first French town equipped with a domestic garbage collection truck working with only an electric engine. ...

In response to a growing citizen demand, Bruitparif, in partnership with DGAC-DSAC Nord, has just launched a strengthened noise documentation plan around the Ile-de-France light aviation...

For the International Noise Awareness Day on April 27th, the European Environment Agency (EEA) launched, in partnership with the Noise Abatement Society (NAS), a call for submissions for the...

For the Sustainable Development Week, Bruitparif was in Vincennes (Val-de-Marne) on April 2nd, 5th and 7th, 2011. ...

The World Health Organisation published on March 30th, 2011 the report “Burden of disease from environmental noise: quantification of healthy life years lost in Europe.” ...

Fanny Mietlicki, Director of Bruitparif, and Jean-Pierre Enjalbert, Mayor of Saint-Prix, inaugurated this morning the installation of the first measurement station of the Survol network. Within...

Every year, the association National Hearing Day conducts a poll on a particular topic related to hearing. This year, the topic chosen was: “Noise nuisances and hearing difficulty.”...

For National Hearing Day, on next March 10th, 10 Ile-de-France high schools have accepted Bruitparif’s invitation to take part in an awareness afternoon around the quality of the sound...

The Bruitparif website is now available in English. While some parts more specific to Ile-de-France decision-makers have not been translated, almost all of the website is now available in English....

In the morning of Thursday, January 27th, Bruitparif received about thirty Medical Social Sciences teachers for their training course “Public health on site,” organised in...

For the 24 hours of sound, a project regularly set up by La Muse en Circuit and Bruitparif, a class of fourth-years at the Junior High School La Grange du Bois in Savigny-le-Temple (77 -...

In order to give an overall view of the sound environment in Ile-de-France, Bruitparif is agglomerating the noise maps already made by the authorities in charge, when a publication agreement has...

Danish researchers have just published a study on the correlation between long-term road noise exposure and stroke risk in the European Heart Journal. Road noise could indeed be the cause of 8% of...

During the Greater Roissy Meetings, the Minister announced the plan aimed to significantly reduce noise nuisances around Paris airports, a project she started with Dominique Bussereau in 2007. ...

The 8th Week of Sound will take place in Paris from January 18th to 22nd, 2011. Its goal is to introduce the general public to a better knowledge of sounds and to make all decision-makers aware of...

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has just published a guide on the health effects of environmental noise exposure: annoyance, stress, sleep disturbance, cardiovascular risks, cognitive...

The latest issue of the Francilophone, the Newsletter of Bruitparif, has just been released. It features an article on the many contents and functionalities of the new website. ...

In order to reconcile the different rhythms and habits and to better live together by night, the City of Paris, in association with the Ile-de-France Region and the Police Headquarters, organised...

The Regional Health Agency (ARS) in Ile-de-France and the Police Headquarters in association with Bruitparif are publishing the 3rd study “Sound levels in Ile-de-France nightclubs”...

Researchers from Columbia University and the University of Washington have just published a new study on noise levels in New York City. They used time-integrated dosimetry equipment to measure...

On Friday 15th, October, the Council of European ministers “Transport, Telecommunications and Energy” has opened the possibility to increase tolls for heavy goods vehicles in order to...

Bruitparif will be at the Paris CIDJ (Youth Information and Documentation Centre) on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 from 10 am to 5 pm, for the Week of young artists in Ile-de-France: “Youth...

A Canadian study on the effects of occupational noise in terms of cardiovascular troubles has just been published in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine journal. So far, studies on this...

According to a study conducted by Hear the World with 500 students in Europe and the US, noise levels in classrooms have significant effects on the health and academic performance of teenagers....

From October 4th to 8th, 2010, a class of first-years at the Junior High School of the Centre in Villejuif in Val-de-Marne is taking part in “The 24 hours of sound,” an event organised several...

For the fourth year in a row, Bruitparif worked to make Techno Parade a festive event without hearing risks. ...

This year, European Mobility Week, “Travel Smarter, Live Better,” took place from September 16th to 22nd. On this occasion, Bruitparif and the Post Office joined forces and organised a...

The noise of vuvuzelas, long plastic horns that can reach up to 130 decibels, disturbed the World Cup 2010. Yet they were tolerated due to their importance to the South African culture. From now...

A team of US researchers has just published a study regarding the hearing of US teenagers in the Journal of the American Medical Association. By comparing the results of 2 campaigns carried out...

The Veolia Observatory of urban lifestyles has just published “Cities for Living 2010,” a perception survey carried out by TNS Sofres with 7000 people living in 7 cities in the world: Beijing,...

All the environmental noise measurement campaigns carried out in 2009 (permanent measurement network, air noise monitoring, Paris ring road campaign...), the support to local authorities for the...

For the first time this year, a prevention action against hearing risks was organised for the Paris Gay Pride on Saturday, June 26th, 2010. ...

The World Cup 2010 could be the noisiest edition to this day. A sound specificity of the event, vuvuzelas, these long plastic horns used by the supporters from South Africa, can reach up to 130...

On Thursday, May 20th, 2010, the Board of Bruitparif unanimously elected its new President after the regional elections of March and the renewal of the members of the Region body of the...

As the World Cup 2010 draws near, the German government has announced its intention to lift the ban on making noise after 10 pm in order to allow the supporters following the matches on big...

The Brussels-Capital Region made strategic noise maps in 2006 within the framework of the 2002/49/EC European directive. ...

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a report on the environmental aspect of land transportation in Europe. ...

The European Union has published a perception survey on the quality of life in 75 European cities. ...

On Tuesday, April 6th, for the sustainable development week, Air France operated the first green transatlantic flight. ...

In order to complete the strategic noise maps made by the City of Paris and the 21 towns bordering it in Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne, Bruitparif launched a wide measurement...

The Urban ecology agency of the City of Paris, in collaboration with the Noise Information and Documentation Centre and Bruitparif, organised a reflection day on “quiet areas” at the...

For the first time in France, a wide campaign combining noise measurements and awareness actions has been organised in the school environment. ...

The SURVOL study, officially launched by the Regional Prefect on July 9th, 2009, aims to study the health and environmental impact of the air traffic from the Roissy, Orly and Le Bourget...

For its third year of collaboration with Technopol, the association organising Techno Parade, Bruitparif strengthened the means to turn the event into a festive time without any risks for the...

In partnership with the Stadium of France Consortium, a member of Bruitparif, the association installed a sound management system in real time for the Unighted party last July 4th. ...