Photo credit: Cadeau Maestro by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies While researchers and individuals concerned about the impact of noise on health, well-being, and...
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Upcoming webinar on capping flight numbers at airports
Photo credit: Tom Fisk by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Years before I was a co-author of the book “Why Noise Matters,” of which John Stewart is the lead author, I had...
New York City has begun to issue tickets to owners of noisy cars
Photo credit: Deane Bayas by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In earlier posts I told readers that cities in the U.S., Canada and Europe were carrying out pilot tests on...
Aviation college looks at aviation noise
Photo credit: Rafael Cosquiere by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As a result of my long-term research, writings and activism to reduce noise pollution and enhance quiet...
Human-made noise harms dolphin communication
Photo credit: Jeremy Bishop by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In earlier posts I have written about human-made noises not only adversely impacting the well-being of...
Dealing with aggressive driving and noise
Photo credit: Xavier Lubeigt 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 According to the article by Tom Andrews, the Santa Fe City Council has...
Law to abate helicopter noise exist, but gains are few
Photo credit: Cameron Casey by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Readers of this site who are familiar with attempts to reduce helicopter noise, especially those who are...
Ottawa parents complain about loud noise near school
Photo credit: Washington State Dept of Transportation 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 It has been over 40 years since I conducted my two...
Neighbor noise is 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 That noisy neighbors are “the most annoying sound to deal with” is no surprise to me. In my position as...