Noise denialists dismiss efforts to address excessive and deliberate vehicle noise as an illusory issue targeting drivers more than vehicles, but it pre-dates most of those making such deflective claims by decades.
Noise Project: PVD sound meters are ‘deja vu all over again’
In 2023, newly elected Providence Mayor Brett Smiley proposed addressing excessive noise by purchasing hand-held noise meters for Providence Police, which sounded oddly familiar to Noise Project volunteers. The text 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 noise … Read more