Response to Daily Herald article on noise cameras
“Noise is inevitable in a big city; harmful noise levels are not”
“It’s important to distinguish between sound that populations [normally] produce versus the unnecessary noise we’re willing to deal with or accept.”
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”
Health Effects of Noise infosheet
U of Michigan: ~40% of RI residents exposed to unsafe noise, 3rd highest in U.S.
Mayor Smiley on noise in Providence
West Elmwood Health Equity Zone (02907 HEZ) report
Goncalves Quality-of-Life Plan: ‘De-normalize’ noise in PVD
Brown U. transitions to sustainable landscaping
Our response to the Brown Daily Herald op-ed on noise
Letter to City Council on License Board chair vote
PVD City Council Approves Resolution Proposing Study of Noise
2022 Providence Primary Election Endorsements
City Council proposes noise amendments for leafblowers
RI state senators propose 2023 ban on leafblower sales
“The City that Endangers the People It’s Supposed to Protect”
Statement on noise by City Council candidate Doris De Los Santos, Ward 15