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...
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Virginia Beach to target noise
Photo credit: Dirk Kirchner 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 Virginia Beach’s City Council, like other City Councils nationally, is...
Enhanced noise laws aren’t effective without enhanced enforcement
Photo credit: Abraham by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies My mother came to New York City from Toronto, as a young woman, married here, and had two children. When I was...
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...
The inconsideration of the noisy
Photo credit: Darya Sannikova by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Michael Moynihan, The Irish Examiner, asks “Why is it that noisy people show no consideration for...
Quieter boats, snowmobiles, and more coming
Photo credit: Asurnipal licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Quieter boats, snowmobiles, and lawnmowers are coming, reports The New York Times. The TImes headline, at least in the online version, calls it the Tesla effect, but it...
With noise, enforcement is the key
Photo credit: Allan Rosen by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The photo above was sent to me by a friend who was visiting Charleston, South Carolina. This photo led me to...
California may launch a noise camera pilot program
Photo credit: Ignacio Palés by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies With cities like New York, Paris, and London setting up pilot programs to use noise cameras to identify...
Oahu residents plead with lawmakers to combat noise
Photo credit: Jess Loiterton by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies While it may be difficult to think of beautiful Waikiki Beach, Hawaii as a place overwhelmed by noise...