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Nearly all of the noise pollution in cities is due to cars and trucks. Reducing the number of cars and trucks on the road in cities by developing viable alterna
by wilkommen 5y ago
Nearly all of the noise pollution in cities is due to cars and trucks. Reducing the number of cars and trucks on the road in cities by developing viable alternatives to driving (like walking and biking and light rail), allowing cities to build denser, and then restricting non-emergency, non-delivery car traffic in those dense areas would pretty much fix the affordable housing crisis and traffic and the sprawl problem all at the same time. All while keeping the city nice and quiet, and cheap.
- zdragnar 5y agoLol. Car horns and engines add a fair bit, but from my experience, sanitation trucks, delivery trucks, light Rail and busses make the most nuisance noise, followed closely by morons blaring bass as they drive. It'll be pretty hard to have a city without most of that, and anyone who likes blaring bass from their car will just go old school and carry it with them. Oh, and neighbors throwing their monthly party, complete with bouncy castle and loud music, loud arguments, and dogs barking, and construction crews, and all sorts. Sharing walls is torture if you are sensitive to noise pollution. IME traffic was pretty far down the list of city noise pollution that actually bothered me.