“Noise is the New Smoking”
The Noise Project sent surveys to all of the ballot-eligible candidates for the primary election for Rhode Island offices that represent all or parts of Providence. We did not survey independent candidates, but will do so in October in advance of the general election. Below are our assessments of their responses. (RI House District 1) … Read more
The Noise Project surveys ballot-qualified candidates for Providence offices including mayor and City Council, as well as state offices, and surveys independents after party primaries. Our endorsements are based on candidates’ responses, public statements, and direct communications with our organization, and are focused on noise issues. We do not take positions on non-noise city policies … Read more
2026 Mayoral Candidate Survey Results The Noise Project surveys ballot-qualified candidates for Providence and RI elections that include PVD, and issues endorsements based on their responses, record in office (if any), public statements, and any communications with the Project itself. Below is our assessment of the survey results for the mayoral primary. Jump to our … Read more
We Endorse RI Rep. David Morales in the 2026 Providence Mayoral Primary In 2022, the Noise Project surveyed all three mayoral candidates and, on the basis of their answers, endorsed two of them: Brett Smiley and Nirva LaFortune. Having recently surveyed the two candidates in the 2026 primary (now-Mayor Smiley and RI Rep. David Morales), … Read more
Our response to the PVD Eye article on noise in Providence We appreciate the PVD Eye and reporter Eric Halvarson’s coverage of noise issues in Providence,1 and specifically what their article described as the “frustration, and in some cases, dangerous health effects” of the city’s haphazard and inconsistent approach to noise and noise enforcement. The … Read more
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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 … Read more