![]() … I feel as though my representatives and my city show to no regard for constituents. What is the point? During the day, at night, after midnight - it’s constant. It’s like they turn the bass up to overpower the music. ![]() I can’t even hear music from the cars - I hear the loud and disorienting bass through my floors, windows, and walls. All I want is to rest without my walls shaking. “Between the four incessantly barking dogs on my block, the subwoofers from the many cars that drive around my area and idle on my street with their subwoofer on blast as they lay on the horn for whoever they are waiting for, as well as my neighbor who has get togethers on the sidewalk directly across from my house involve putting commercial-sized industrial speakers and subwoofers on top of his parked car and running the power into them from his house - I am losing my mind. We’d like to hear how Providence residents experience noise in the city, and how they think it should be addressed - if you live in the city, please take our Community Noise Survey or contact us. Noise pollution is first and foremost a public health issue, as well as an environmental and environmental justice issue. Leafblowers, commercial trucks, emergency-vehicle sirens, car alarms, “broadcasting” cellphones through car speakers, and other sources.The use of car horns as “doorbells” to summon people from houses.Setting off illegal fireworks in residential neighborhoods, especially late at night.Operating off-road motorcycles and other ATVs without mufflers on city streets.Over-amplified music (65+ dB) from vehicles, houses, and commercial entertainment venues.Vehicles with modified exhaust systems deliberately designed and installed to amplify (rather than suppress) engine noise.The Providence Noise Project is an all-volunteer non-profit organization seeking to better understand and address the culture of noise in the city, including excessive sound levels from such common sources as: For a relatively small city, Providence can often be surprisingly loud. ![]()
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