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Providence Noise Project

“Noise is the New Smoking”

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Noise section of Ward 1 City Councilmember’s 2022 ‘quality of life’ plan

June 1, 2026July 22, 2022 by PNP

PVD City Council member John Goncalves hasn’t said or done much about noise since his issued it

Bulleted list of ways to "de-normalize noise"
(Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RjBceIrnLs59qcH8t3-HWHrMrZfuGM-E/view)
Categories Government Tags City Council
‘Eliminating’ noise without *reducing* it: PVD Planning Dept. Dike Street project
2022 Noise Project letter to second-term Mayor Jorge Elorza

Noise News

Noise Project deploys THIRD sound monitor in PVD

NY Times: “Is Rhode Island’s Capital Too Loud?” [spoiler]

View graphs of Community Noise Survey data

“Noise is inevitable in a big city; harmful noise is not”

NY Times: “Noise Can Take Years Off Your Life”

“Noise pollution is worst in poor / minority neighbor-hoods in segregated cities”

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