Beacon Hill Seattle Community Noise Team presentation

The Beacon Hill Seattle Community Noise Team, a group of neighborhood residents working with the University of Washington, has been documenting the disproportionate impact of Sea-Tac Airport aircraft noise on their community. Building on decades of prior advocacy—including a landmark April 2000 report by Citizens for Aircraft Noise Equity—the team highlights that official noise impact assessments still rely on mathematical models rather than actual measured data. Beginning in October 2017, they launched a citizen science effort to conduct systematic, long-term noise measurements throughout the Beacon Hill neighborhood, with a focus on health effects and impacts on children's learning.

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A presentation by the Beacon Hill Seattle Community Noise Team, a citizen science group of Beacon Hill residents working with the University of Washington School of Public Health to document aircraft noise impacts in their neighborhood. The presentation traces the history of aircraft noise concerns from a 2000 Citizens for Aircraft Noise Equity report showing Beacon Hill had higher noise exposure than other communities, and explains why the team began collecting their own systematic noise measurements. Key issues include the ongoing reliance on mathematical models rather than actual measured noise data for estimating aircraft noise impacts.

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