Photo credit: Mason Tuttle by Kathleen Romito, MD, member, Quiet Communities Scientific Advisory Council CBS comedy "The Neighborhood" got some laughs by highlighting pickleball noise during a recent episode. The storyline features neighbors sharing their dismay about...
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450 million Europeans at risk from noise and air pollution
Photo credit: Zezen Zaenal Mutaqin by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The European Vox news site reports that according to the European Court of Auditors, 450 million people are at risk from noise and air pollution in European cities. European Union...
Pickleball noise: will limiting play hours help?
Photo credit: Frank Schrader by Kathleen Romito, MD, member, Quiet Communities Scientific Advisory Council The City of Carmel-By-The-Sea, California recently launched a three-month trial to address pickleball noise complaints by limiting play to three days a week...
Noise tops 311 complaint list, again
Photo credit: Jerome Dominici by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Both New York City residents and visitors will not be surprised to read in this article that the number...
Congress acknowledges noise from space launches
Photo credit: SpaceX by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Congress has acknowledged the adverse impacts of noise on human health by passing legislation that recognizes the...
Plane passenger disturbed by loud noise
Photo credit: Berkalp Turper by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Most of our posts about aircraft noise focuses on how aircraft noise disturbs residents living near...
Las Vegas Sphere reduces noise for neighbors
Photo credit: Harold Litwiler from Orcutt/Istanbul, USA, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the Las Vegas Sphere has agreed to reduce its exterior sound volume to appease neighbors...
Singer Vanessa Carlton files noise-related lawsuit
Photo credit: Life Of Pix by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Like so any residents in the United States who have purchased homes in areas that they believed would be...
Resident forced from home by loud music venue
Photo credit: Onur Satıcı by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Our readers know that this blog covers the impact of loud music venues on nearby communities, including in...