Photo credit: ND-Photo.nl licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Jamie McGriff, KUTV, reports that a Utah legislator wants to cut down noise...
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The Quiet Transition starts tomorrow
Photo credit: Cindy Shebley licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Well, the quiet transition doesn’t start tomorrow. Thanks to the efforts of The Quiet Coalition’s Jamie Banks, PhD, and the nonprofit organization she started and...
Longboat Key, Florida set to regulate sound permanently
Photo credit: Jim Mullhaupt licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition YourObserver.com, a site focused on coastal Florida, reports that Longboat Key is making permanent limits on noise issued as an emergency ordinance before July...
Noisy planes over Hull, Mass. may soon be a thing of the past
Photo credit: howderfamily.com licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article by Arianna MacNeill on Boston.com reports that noisy planes flying over the small town of Hull may soon be a thing of the past. About 10,000...
NYC councilman says cops failed to take action against his noise complaint
Photo credit: Jiarong Deng from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies It is important to pass legislation to curb noise, but unless the legislation is enforced, the...
Complaints about loud speakers skyrocket
Photo credit: Kevin Baird licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Noise complaints centering on loud speakers in parked autos along New York City streets has been a traditional New...
What I did at the ICBEN meeting last week
Image credit: ICBEN by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition When I was a child, one of the standard assignments in September was to write an essay about what we did during the summer. This blog post is a faint echo of that, reporting on my experience attending...
Petition to the EPA to Implement the Noise Control Act
Following enactment of the Noise Control Act of 1972 and the Quiet Communities Act of 1978, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established an Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC) to promulgate noise emission standards, require product labeling,...