Dublin City Council is urging everyone to ‘Be Sound This Summer’, in a clever campaign encouraging commuters to put safety ...

Imagine a city where the constant hum of traffic is replaced by a serene hush, where the cacophony of combustion engines ...

While there are already AI systems that generate sound effects to match silent images of city streets, an experimental new technology does just the opposite. It generates images that match audio ...

City Council approved new legislation, the "Stop Spreading the Noise Act," to reduce street noise If a vehicle's sound is over 85 decibels, cameras will record that vehicle's license plate ...

It also defines noise disturbances as any sound that "disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities." Local ban: Panama City bans alcohol sales between 2 and 7 a.m. during last half of March ...

Noise as low as 35 decibels is enough to cause issues, including sleep disturbance and disruptions to concentration. In New York City, street noise has been found to be at least twice that level.

Organizers called the event a commercial success, but ensuing noise complaints flooded St. Paul Police lines, as well as the phone lines of the city council.

Days after urging the city council to approve a sound-level variance for the Breakaway Music Festival at decibel levels objected to by city staff, a key council member has had a change of heart.