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Deja Vu All Over Again: PVD Noise Meters
The screenshot below is from Providence City Council member Jo-Ann Ryan’s Oct. 2017 News & Notes blog. We asked Mayor Smiley’s office what happened to the sound-level meters that Ryan references (circled in red) in the highlighted section, and they claim there’s no record the meters were ever purchased under Mayor Elorza.
2024 RI Assembly Candidate Survey
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Noise report cards for Boston neighborhoods
By Kevin Hartnett (Boston Globe, Oct. 23, 2016) — Noise is an inconvenience of city living. Could it also hurt your health? Erica Walker, a doctoral student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, set out to help answer that question. For a year, she measured noise levels in 400 locations in Boston … Read more
Leafblower letter to policymakers
Below is a sample letter that Providence / RI residents can send to local and state policymakers, asking themto sponsor or support legislation and policies to limit the adverse health and environmental effects of gas-powered leafblowers and other landscaping tools. Subject line (if e-mail): Please take action to regulate leafblowers Dear [Mayor / City Councilmember … Read more
