Photo credit: New York City Department of Transportation by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Open Streets is a program that uses urban spaces for physical activity and...
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House representatives introduce the Safe and Quiet Skies Act
Photo credit: Alvaro Camacho by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Legislation was introduced last week (H.R. 1071) in the House of Representatives by a group of...
Amsterdam to ban pot smoking in red-light district to reduce noise
Photo credit: Skitterphoto by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Jenny Gross writing in the New York Times, reports that Amsterdam will ban pot smoking on the streets of the...
UK Noise Associations’ “The Bottom Rung” is a worthwhile read
Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The UK Noise Association has released the latest edition of its newsletter, “The Bottom Rung.” Members...
A look at Brussels noise rules
Photo credit: Petar Starčević by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Maithe Chini, The Brussels Times, writes that noise can have negative effects on our health and tells her...
Noise complaints show people prefer peace and quiet
Photo credit: @svetjekolem by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As a long-term researcher and writer on the adverse effects of noise pollution on mental and physical health...
Neighbor noise is the most annoying
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As a board member of GrowNYC, I have responded to New York City neighbor noise complaints for over...
Proposed data centers raise noise concerns in Virginia
Photo credit: Manuel Geissinger by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Amazon wants to build a huge data center in Warrenton Town, Virginia, but apparently to do so Amazon...
New York City noise complaints continue to climb
Photo credit: Ed Yourdon 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 That New York City continues to be noisy is underscored by the number of noise...