Photo credit: Jeffrey Czum 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 informed readers that Paris was pilot testing a camera that could identify drivers and...
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Today is International Noise Awareness Day
by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies International Noise Awareness Day was initiated in 1996 by the Center for Hearing and Communication and I was thrilled when Nancy...
The fight for quiet streets in Moab, Utah
Photo credit: Chris Janda by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Posters and signs are often used to remind people about activities they should not engage in. For example,...
International Noise Awareness Day Forum coming up
Photo credit: by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies To celebrate the 27th annual International Noise Awareness Day on April 27th from Noon to 1:30 pm (Pacific Time), the...
London Underground noise complaints on the rise
Photo credit: Roy Reyna from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Thomas Mackintosh, BBC, writes in his recent article on the London Underground that there has been...
Utah docs threaten Harley-Davidson with lawsuit
Photo credit: Sourav Mishra from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies I have written earlier on the Stop Loud and Excessive Exhaust Systems, New York State...
Humans fail to listen to the natural world
Photo credit: Levent Tatli by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies While we understand that sound connects each of us to other people, especially through the sounds of speech,...
Was the pandemic lockdown quiet a wake up call?
Photo credit: Arthur Brognoli from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies To live with the rare hearing condition, hyperacusis, a disorder that makes it more difficult...
Silent owls inspire quiet design
by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Yes, indeed, humans can learn from other species. Sometimes, we forget this, but Manasee Wagh in her article “Why Owls Are a ‘Spirit...