{"id":6482,"date":"2025-08-26T10:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6482"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:01:14","slug":"over-1-7-million-bucharest-residents-exposed-to-excessive-noise-daily-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6482","title":{"rendered":"Over 1.7 million Bucharest residents exposed to excessive noise daily, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 1.7 million Bucharest residents are exposed to a noise level that exceeds legal limits during a normal day, according to a draft project of the Bucharest General Council,\u00a0cited by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/stiri\/actualitate\/social\/peste-15-milioane-de-bucuresteni-sunt-expusi-la-zgomot-peste-limitele-legale-masurile-propuse-la-nivelul-primariei-capitalei-3385945\">Digi24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities aim to reduce the noise level in the city, starting from a report from the Environmental Directorate, which shows that nearly 1.9 million residents of Bucharest \u201care exposed to noise levels that exceed limit values\u201d during the night. During a normal day, 1.7 million residents of Bucharest are exposed to noise above the legal limit, according to the same report.<\/p>\n<p>The Environmental Directorate claims that high levels of noise are generated by high-speed and high-capacity roads. At lower speeds, the main sources of noise are \u201cgear shifting, stopping, and starting on crowded streets.\u201d In addition, at night, \u201cvehicles often reach higher speeds\u201d than legally allowed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The same report also mentions that parks in Bucharest also have high noise levels and cannot be considered quiet zones. However, portions of V\u0103c\u0103re\u0219ti, Tineretului, and Carol I parks are quiet.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, August 29, the Bucharest General Council will discuss a project that aims to introduce several measures to reduce the noise level in Bucharest. These include monitoring noise in public spaces, laying silent asphalt, reducing traffic speed on certain sections, or extending residential areas with a speed limit of 30 kilometers\/hour.<\/p>\n<p>Monitoring, especially in park areas, would be done through 28 fixed stations, which will also have traffic cameras, and two additional mobile stations. The mobile stations will be used for measuring noise generated by concerts, as well as bars or restaurants near parks.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, there will be \u201cpilot zones,\u201d especially in the areas of Ci\u0219migiu Park \u2013 Bd. Regina Elisabeta, Her\u0103str\u0103u Park \u2013 Bd. Regele Mihai I, Tineretului Park \u2013 Bd. Tineretului. Here, speed limits will be reduced to 50 or 30 km\/h. Sound-absorbing asphalt will also be used in these zones, along with radar panels with a dynamic display.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Dudlajzov\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/stock-photos\">Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 1.7 million Bucharest residents are exposed to a noise level that exceeds legal limits during a normal day, according to a draft project of the Bucharest General Council,\u00a0cited by\u00a0Digi24. Local authorities aim to reduce the noise level in the city, starting from a report from the Environmental Directorate, which shows that nearly 1.9 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}