Project
MItigating TRansport-related Air Pollution in Europe (MI-TRAP)
To effectively mitigate and reduce transport-related air pollution in Europe, better understanding of the sources and transformation of these pollutants is required. This project will develop novel monitoring instrumentation in 10 pilot cities, including the Port of Rotterdam. In these pilot cities we will focus on separating and quantifying emissions from shipping, air transport, rail transport, and freight trucking through the use of sophisticated data analysis techniques. Other partners in the project will evaluate the health impacts of current and future emissions, survey citizens, and develop pilot nature based solutions to mitigate transport-related air pollution.
The MI-TRAP project aims to improve the currently available tools and services for air pollution mitigation from transport sources through a multi-dimensional approach. The project will develop and provide a suite of beyond the state of the art innovative monitoring Instrumentation package, data analysis tools to track emitted pollutants, enable systematic traffic management and evaluate the effectiveness of legislation and control measures. The large consortium of experienced partners, and existing information from previous EU projects and Research Infrastructures will ensure successful implementation of proposed activities. Past and present data will be used for enabling health impact assessment. Additionally, MI-TRAP recognizes the importance of Nature-based Solutions (NBS) and implements pilot NBS in selected sites, in order to facilitate mitigation of air and noise pollution. The project will also incorporate citizen science practices, disseminating findings through open science.
Wageningen University joins this project as the City Pilot lead for Rotterdam. We will build up a high-resolution measurement station at Hoek van Holland (in the Port of Rotterdam) and deploy two cost-effective monitoring stations at other traffic sites around the urban core. Postdoc Stepan Hornik will coordinate these measurement activities in collaboration with PI Julie Fry, as well as similar measurements in the port of Dunkerk and Lille, in collaboration with colleagues from IMT Nord (Joel Brito and Veronique Riffault). We will combine state of the art measurements of aerosol composition, size, and volatility with near-real time source apportionment to pilot novel transport air pollution decision support tools for stakeholders like the Rotterdam DCMR.