“We need [noise] monitoring, stricter noise laws, and more police enforcement.” — Downtown resident, May 2025
Testimonial Category: Measuring noise
“Since the weather has gotten warm, we have near constant traffic of loud motorcycles, cars, and ATVs coming up Brook Street. These vehicles make excessive noise, both through engine revving and blaring music. They also often drive unsafely, posing a potential danger to residents in the area … These vehicles pass our house about every … Read more
“Even publishing the quietest and loudest neighborhoods, so folks can make informed decisions about where to possibly live if they are noise sensitive, would improve our quality of life in Providence.” — Self-identified African-American resident of Charles neighborhood, 2024 Mayor Brett Smiley supported measuring noise in Providence as a candidate, but reneged on doing so … Read more
“As part of a review of the noise level in our city and improved enforcement, noise should be measured on an ongoing basis in order to produce consistent data. Like any other issue [my administration] would study, we need the technology and the policies in place to properly measure this issue in order to make … Read more