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[PR07] Exceedances of air quality objectives due to traffic
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Data on air pollution shows that slovenian cities are overe-polluted with NO2 and PM10. transport is one of the main causes of this pollution.

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Figure PR07-1: NO2 mean and maximum values of annual averages for traffic and urban background stations in Slovenia 
Sources:

Database of automatic readings from the national network for monitoring air quality (DMKZ). Hydrology and State of the Environment office, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2012.

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Maribor (DMKZ) µg/m3 36 37 31 33 39 37 34 32 34 34
Ljubljana center (OMS Ljubljana) µg/m3 50 59 59 59 70 66 71 55 63 55
Celje (EIS Celje) µg/m3 30 22 36 40 67 29 np np np np
urban station - mean µg/m3 39 39 42 44 59 44 53 44 46 45
urban station - maximum µg/m3 50 59 59 59 70 66 71 55 63 55
Ljubljana Bežigrad (DMKZ) µg/m3 29 32 29 27 29 28 29 31 35 31
Celje (DMKZ) µg/m3 24 27 24 26 28 23 21 22 26
background station - mean µg/m3 27 30 27 27 29 26 25 27 31 31
background station - maximum µg/m3 29 32 29 27 29 28 29 31 35 31
2012
Maribor (DMKZ) µg/m3 33
Ljubljana center (OMS Ljubljana) µg/m3 52
Celje (EIS Celje) µg/m3 np
urban station - mean µg/m3 43
urban station - maximum µg/m3 52
Ljubljana Bežigrad (DMKZ) µg/m3 22
Celje (DMKZ) µg/m3 27
background station - mean µg/m3 25
background station - maximum µg/m3 27
Figure PR07-2: PM10 mean and maximum values of annual averages for traffic and urban background stations in Slovenia
Sources:

Database of automatic readings from the national network for monitoring air quality (DMKZ). Hydrology and State of the Environment office, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2012.

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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Maribor (DMKZ) µg/m3 48 50 58 48 43 43 40 34 30 33
Celje (EIS Celje) µg/m3 37 34 39 40 45 47 41 np np np
Ljubljana center (OMS Ljubljana) µg/m3 np np np no np 52 51 43 48 42
urban station - mean µg/m3 43 42 49 43 44 47 44 39 39 38
urban station - maximum µg/m3 48 50 58 46 45 52 41 44 48 42
Ljubljana Bežigrad (DMKZ) µg/m3 43 42 46 41 37 33 32 30 29 30
Celje (DMKZ) µg/m3 45 46 53 41 43 35 32 30 31 32
background station - mean µg/m3 44 44 50 41 40 34 32 30 30 31
background station - maximum µg/m3 45 46 53 41 43 35 32 30 31 32
2011 2012
Maribor (DMKZ) µg/m3 34 30
Celje (EIS Celje) µg/m3 np
Ljubljana center (OMS Ljubljana) µg/m3 44 45
urban station - mean µg/m3 39 38
urban station - maximum µg/m3 44 45
Ljubljana Bežigrad (DMKZ) µg/m3 32 26
Celje (DMKZ) µg/m3 - 31
background station - mean µg/m3 32 29
background station - maximum µg/m3 32 31
Figure PR07-3: Number of exceedances of the daily limit value of particulate matter (50 ug/m3) for traffic and urban background stations in Slovenia
Sources:

Database of automatic readings from the national network for monitoring air quality (DMKZ). Hydrology and State of the Environment office, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2012.

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Maribor (DMKZ) number 101 108 91 54 35 47 64 34
Ljubljana center (OMS Ljubljana) number 101 112 74 94 107
Celje (EIS Celje) number 89 92
Celje (DMKZ) number 97 59 48 37 42 58 55
Ljubljana Bežigrad (DMKZ) - background station number 70 47 46 36 30 43 63 27
Figure PR07-4: NO2 mean and maximum values of annual averages for traffic and urban background stations in Europe
Sources:

EEA, Exceedances of air quality objectives due to traffic, 2011.

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
urban station - mean µg/m3 58 60.7 57.3 57.5 59.7 52.9 54
urban station - maximum µg/m3 80.6 107.2 109.7 112.4 110.7 102.7 115
background station - mean µg/m3 36 37.7 33.6 34.3 34.9 32.8 31
background station - maximum µg/m3 47.7 55.7 45.7 44.8 47.1 46.4 43
Figure PR07-5: PM10 mean and maximum values of annual averages for traffic and urban background stations in Europe
Sources:

EEA, Exceedances of air quality objectives due to traffic, 2011.

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
urban station - mean µg/m3 37.8 36.8 34.9 36.1 39.2 33.5 29.7
urban station - maximum µg/m3 50.5 48.3 43.3 43.4 46.9 44.7 39.1
background station - mean µg/m3 25.2 29.1 27.6 26.1 25.2 20.4 18.6
background station - maximum µg/m3 41.2 45.7 39.2 37.6 32.9 27.6 23.9

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Last modified
15.08.2013
Author(s)

Aljaž Plevnik, The Urban Planning Institute; Nataša Kovač, Dijana Nježić, Slovenian Environment Agency;