On June 16th, Quiet Communities will host the second conference of its Quest for Quiet series entitled, Aviation Noise, Pollution, and Health: Connecting the Dots. To register, visit the conference web page. Aviation Noise, Pollution and Health: Connecting the Dots...
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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...
Enforcement of noise legislation is key
Photo credit: Markus Spiske 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 Council is taking additional action to limit the excessive noise from the loud motor...
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...
Children and noise
Photo credit: sharyn morrow licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Our noise colleague Arline Bronzaft, PhD, wrote this wonderful essay for the Center for Hearing and Communication on the occasion of International Noise Awareness...
What Is a quietway?
Photo courtesy of Dr. Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition “What is a quietway?" I wondered what it was when I saw the Quietway sign on a recent trip to London. I had to search the internet to learn that London is establishing bicycle routes on...
What makes a city less noisy?
Photo credit: Daniel Durin by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition What makes a city less noisy? Soundproofist recently discussed this after its founder visited Copenhagen. He notes that it’s really urban design that helps make a city quieter, including efforts...
NYC Councilmember speaks out against helicopter noise
Photo credit: Rusty Blazenhoff licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In her opinion piece in the New York Daily News, New York City Councilmember...
Las Vegas lawn ban has a silver lining
Photo credit: jan buchholtz licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition There’s an old saying that every cloud has a silver lining. I’m not sure that’s true, but many clouds--or in this case, no rain cloud in Las Vegas--may indeed...