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Providence Noise Project

Providence Noise Project

“Noise is the New Smoking”

  • EFFECTS
    • Health effects of noise
    • Noise and public health
    • Noise effects on kids
    • Resident testimonials
  • LAWS
    • Providence
    • • Venue licensing (PVD)
    • Rhode Island
    • Federal
  • RESPONSES
    • • Vehicle Noise
    • • Noise monitoring
    • • Leafblowers
    • • Commercial noise
    • PNP policy proposals
    • Noise-policy timeline
    • ”Cities are noisy”
  • RESOURCES
  • ACT
    • Report excessive noise
    • Take PVD noise survey
    • Join Project e-mail list
    • Volunteer to help PNP
  • CONTACT

Highways

2024 RI Assembly Candidate Survey

September 9, 2024 by PNP

Download a copy of the document below in PDF format

Categories Data, Government, Health, Policy Tags Commercial noise, Election, Highways, Legislation

West Elmwood Health Equity Zone report

October 14, 2022 by PNP
Categories Health Tags Commercial noise, Elmwood, HEZ, Highways

Noise News

We cannot support PVD’s glacial leafblower regulations

NEW! Noise Project deploys second 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”

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