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“A quieter world will be a better and healthier world for all.”
– Quiet Coalition Founder and Chair Dr. Daniel Fink
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Sound barriers can reduce traffic noise
Photo credit: Kaique Rocha by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Hearing Review recently reported on research about improving sound barriers to reduce traffic noise pollution. The article reported on original research done in China and published open...
Workplaces are still too loud
Photo credit: Kindel Media by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Craig Hale’s article in techradar is titled: “Feeling unproductive at work.” In it, Hale informs us that...
Why are restaurants so loud?
Photo credit: Burak The Weekender by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In a recent podcast, Gastropod asks a question we’ve wondered about, too. Why are restaurants so loud? Gastropod is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network, and is supported in part by the...
Electric tarmac equipment in Norway
Photo credit: Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This blog post is one of several about noise in Norway, based on my recent travels there. Norway, and I think more broadly Scandinavian countries, are ahead of the United States in environmental...
Quieter urban mass transit is possible
Photo credit: Elena Saharova by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition’s blogs have covered subway noise in New York City and London’s Tube, both of which have been studied scientifically. Today, I want to report that quieter urban mass...
New York City subways aren’t getting quieter
Photo credit: Roy Reyna by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies According to Ole Siever’s article in amNY, “New York’s subways are loud, and they’re not getting any quieter.”...
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“I am seeing a lot more interest and growing awareness about the adverse impacts of noise on health and I hope this will lead to policies that will be focused on noise abatement… Organizations such as Quiet Communities have made an impact on educating people to the dangers of noise and suggesting ways that we can reduce noise pollution.”
– Arline Bronzaft, PhD