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Photo credit: Deane Bayas by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In earlier posts I told readers that cities in the U.S., Canada and Europe were carrying out pilot tests on...
Photo credit: Xavier Lubeigt licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies According to the article by Tom Andrews, the Santa Fe City Council has...
Photo credit: Nicholas Espinosa by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In the 1980s and 1990s, my daughter and her family and other close relatives lived in the Los Angeles...
Photo credit: ILOVESwitzerland by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to this report on Le News, Switzerland is set to introduce stiffer penalties for noisy drivers. Well, actually penalties for drivers of noisy vehicles, including cars and...
Photo credit: Belinda Schindler by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Amid growing evidence that fireworks severely stress wild animals and pets, a pet owner in North Somerset is trying to make her county the UK’s first “low noise firework county.” According...
Photo credit: SHVETS production by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In a previous blog post, I wrote about The Quiet Coalition’s “Dear Abby,” noise expert Arline Bronzaft, PhD, who had recorded a noise advice podcast for the Soundproofist website. Dr....
Photo credit: Enrico Perini by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Generally, residents complain about noise sources in their own communities and ask their public officials...
Photo credit: Craig Adderley by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been conducting a pilot study that employs a...
Photo credit: Mike B by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Have you ever wondered why does your car’s speedometer go up to 160 miles per hour (mph)--or even 200 mph in the photo above--when your can might only be able to do 90 or 100? I have, but I never...