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Car Harms: The Physical and Mental Health Effects of Noise and the Lessening of Social Values

Cities aren’t noisy, cars are. And we need to fix that if we are to retain our sanity, says one of the leading scholars in ...
Yahoo

What Is Tracy Chapman’s 'Fast Car' About?

Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” was written nearly 40 years ago, but we’re now in year two of its second life—and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Chapman, now 60, released “Fast Car” in 1988 as the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Five Dramatic Ways Animals Respond to Human Noise, From Mimicking Car Alarms While Wooing Mates to Calling Higher Over the Din of Traffic

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari As human noise increases around the world, some animals ...
WUSA

Montgomery County Council proposes bill to cracks down on excessive car noise

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — A bill proposed by the Montgomery County Council aims to crack down on excessive car noise by installing three noise cameras. It's an issue councilmembers say they continue to ...