2025-10-31
A podcast episode featuring Dr. Arline Bronzaft discussing noise politics and urban sound issues. The image shows what appears to be a subway or train system in an urban setting, relating to transportation noise concerns.
2025-10-30
“Noise is not just annoying. It’s a matter of public health” It is with the greatest sadness that we report the passing of Dr. Arline Bronzaft, long time environmental psychologist at City University of New York, and the person who can rightly be called the founding mother of research into the public health effects of
2024-06-14
From roaring leaf blowers to screeching trains, the world is full of unwelcome noise—and researchers have found that noisy environments can take a real toll on people’s mental and physical health. Arline Bronzaft, PhD, talks about how noise affects health and well-being, how it can harm kids’ learning, why it’s not just a problem in
2019-11-05
Arline Bronzaft is a leading expert on noise. Her research on noise and its impact on the reading scores of New York City school students led to positive changes in the city. From acoustical modifications in the classroom to improvements to the tracks on the New York City subways, Dr. Bronzaft succeeded in solving noise
By Ari L. Goldman April 26, 1982 Fifteen times during each school day, an IRT subway train would rumble and screech past Public School 98, near the northern tip of Manhattan. In classrooms facing the elevated tracks, all work would stop until the train barreled by. After years of complaints about the disruption, the Transit Authority
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