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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...
Photo credit: David Vincent Villavicencio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Councilwoman Gale Brewer and several of her New York City councilmembers have introduced a...
Photo credit: Dodge by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition At Dodge Speed Week in Pontiac, Michigan on August 17th, automaker Stellantis introduced its Dodge Charger Daytona SRT concept car, calling it the first all-electric muscle car. While a press...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Across the United States, legislative bodies are becoming more aware of the harmful effects of noise on our...
Photo credit: Life Of Pix by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition John Seabrook’s New Yorker article about branding with acoustic vehicle alert sounds covers some of the details in my recent blog post and earlier article in the Right to Quiet...