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This is really cool! Having lived in the Tenderloin, I can testify to the impact of its noise on my quality of life. How is the project being funded? What does
by stellar678 16y ago
This is really cool! Having lived in the Tenderloin, I can testify to the impact of its noise on my quality of life.
How is the project being funded? What does it take to install the data capturing equipment? How do the interactions with the city or property owners go?
- zain 16y agoWe try to be inconspicuous when installing our noise capturing equipment. We're frequently questioned by cops but usually they're just curious after they establish we're not stealing traffic lights. One time, some bums asked us what we were doing, and after we told them we were collecting noise data, they started screaming into our noise recorders :(
- dasil003 16y ago"Booby traps for tourists. If we catch one you can have the money, but leave the body for us."
- ericwu01 16y agoThe data is collected with decibel recorders in each intersection. We wanted as many data points as possible so the devices could only last 3.5 days. We were stopped by two sets of police, business owners, and local residences. But we explained that our goal was to educate new residents the impact of noise and most were excited about the project. We're looking into giving the SF gov't access to the data to work on improvements.
- fizx 16y agoI can only imagine if you tried this in Boston ;)