The VECTOR Final Conference took place on May 13, 2009 in Brussels. About 50 participants were present, with a variety of backgrounds: Policy-makers, scientists as well als lobbyists.
A conference report and short minutes of presentations and panel discussion can be found here:
And here you can download the presentations held during the conference:
VECTOR: Introduction and Statements (pdf, 538 kb)
A brief introduction to VECTOR project and presentation of the aims of VECTOR
Introduction to traffic-related particles (pdf, 6551 kb)
An introduction to traffic-related fine particles.
By Gerard Hoek, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University/NL
Cycling Promotors and Scientists cooperating (pdf, 1238 kb)
The VECTOR project: Scientists and cycling promoters jointly putting exposure to traffic-related particles on the agenda
By Jeroen Terwoert, IVAM UvA BV/NL
VECTOR: Evaluation of test runs (pdf, 1590 kb)
VECTOR: Real-time visualisation of particle measurements; evaluation of the test runs in order to determine the fine dust exposures of cyclists in Utrecht, Hamburg, Budapest and Vilnius.
By
Mario Dobernowsky, Kooperationsstelle Hamburg/D,
James Nkengfack Ngnintindem, HAW Hamburg/D,
Philip Degenhardt, HAW Hamburg/D,
Joachim Tecklenburg, HAW Hamburg/D,
Tom Förster, Kooperationsstelle Hamburg/D
TAPAS Project presentation (pdf, 1399 kb)
Transportation, Air Pollution and Physical Activities; am integrated health risk assessment programme of climate change and urban politics (TAPAS)
By Audrey de Nazelle, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona/E
Exposure measurement in the Fietsbalans project (pdf, 784 kb)
Exposure measurement in the Fietsbalans® project:
method, strategy and results
By Frank Borgman, Projectmanager ‘Fietsbalans’, Fietsersbond/NL
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