The city says it is happy with the noise being enforced based upon loudness being over 72 dBA [A-weighted decibels] daytime and 67 dBA nighttime (62 dBA in the wee hours). Many of us disagree. We as ...
I’m not in favor of the present noise ordinance. I proposed that they take dBA (A-weighted decibels) readings all the same, near the sources of noise: 20 feet from buskers, 20 feet from amps and drums ...
We at the Providence Noise Project greatly appreciated the op-ed by Juliet Fang ’26, “We need to reduce noise pollution,” which we thought did an excellent job covering the sources and detrimental ...