Nighttime Road Traffic Noise Contours for Zuid-Holland Province, 2013

Zuid-Holland province's nighttime noise contours for articulated road sections, calculated in accordance with the EU Environmental Noise Directive. The data was provided by the province and modeled using DGMR Geoenvironment software version 1.91, following the 2006 Noise Decree. The dataset is published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a public domain license.

Use Cases

• Modeling environmental noise exposure for communities based on road traffic data.
• Assessing compliance with the EU Environmental Noise Directive for specific road sections.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of nighttime noise pollution from provincial roads.
• Informing policy on noise taxation or mitigation measures along roadways.

Strengths

• Data is modeled according to the established EU Environmental Noise Directive and the 2006 Noise Decree.
• Calculation methodology is specified, using DGMR Geoenvironment software version 1.91.
• Published under a public domain (CC-PDM-1.0) license, allowing broad reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; data is from 2013 and freshness is unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations).

Collection Method

Acoustic calculation models based on data provided by the province of Zuid-Holland.

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Data is from 2013; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Zuid-Holland province, Netherlands.