As noise detectors are installed in a rich neighborhood of Manhattan, experts worry they will punish people of colorHonking cars, blasting stereos, babbling neighbors: consider it all part of the symphony that plays daily on New York City streets. Everyone knows the city is loud, and politicians have waged a long, losing war against noise. Now they have a new weapon: noise cameras.The cameras, which are paired with a sound meter to detect noise of at least 85 decibels from a source 50ft or more away, have recently been installed on certain streets in Manhattan's wealthy Upper West Side. Continue reading...
Honk honk! Can noise cameras reduce 'potentially fatal' sound pollution?
4. října 2023 12:30
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Zdroj: The Guardian