Photo credit: SevenStorm JUHASZIMRUS by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies New York State is waiting for the governor to sign a bill that will reduce helicopter flights in...
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Dutch government limits Schiphol flights
Photo credit: Shoestring at wts wikivoyage has dedicated this image into the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Netherlands’ Schiphol Airport is one of the world’s busiest, and its environmental impacts both in terms of noise pollution...
Battle over the East Hampton Airport
Photo credit: Americasroof licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The East Hampton Airport, which has given New Yorkers access to the beaches of...
Electric passenger aircraft promotes quieter design
Photo credit: Joby Aviation by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to Aerospace America and the manufacturer, a prototype electric passenger aircraft, the Joby S4, produced low sound levels in its own and in NASA sound measurement tests. The report...
With helicopter noise complaints on the rise, governments must act
Photo credit: Charles Parker by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies With all the negatives COVID brought to New York City, the one positive that I heard from people who live...
Aviation, Noise, Pollution and Health: Connecting the Dots
On June 16th, Quiet Communities will host the second conference of its Quest for Quiet series entitled, Aviation Noise, Pollution, and Health: Connecting the Dots. To register, visit the conference web page. Aviation Noise, Pollution and Health: Connecting the Dots...
NYC Councilmember speaks out against helicopter noise
Photo credit: Rusty Blazenhoff licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In her opinion piece in the New York Daily News, New York City Councilmember...
The Quiet Coalition’s Board Chair excoriates the FAA
Photo credit: Shai Barzilay licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition My parents raised me to be respectful of authority, but I was also taught that I had a responsibility to speak up when I saw something wrong. When I was asked to...
FAA stuck in an aircraft noise rut
by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies On Thursday, March 17th, the aviation subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing in which...