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Providence Noise Project

“Noise is the New Smoking”

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Goncalves 2022–2023 Quality of Life Plan

October 23, 2023July 22, 2022 by PNP
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: The Planning Department’s Dike Street project
Noise Project letter to Mayor Elorza

Noise News

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

NEW! View graphs of our Community Noise Survey data

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

ProJo: 5,500 noise complaints in 2022, but only 19 citations

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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