
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Cities from New York and Washington, D.C., to Knoxville, Tennessee, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, are studying a new way to address noise pollution by installing what looks like an army of radio reporters on the streets. They’re commonly referred to as noise cameras. When a loud car passes by — typically one exceeding 85 decibels — these noise cameras snap a photo of the car’s license plate and a ticket is mailed to the driver. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke to Erica Walker, a noise researcher and epidemiologist at Brown University, about her skepticism of this new surveillance system.
4.5
12321,232 ratings
Cities from New York and Washington, D.C., to Knoxville, Tennessee, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, are studying a new way to address noise pollution by installing what looks like an army of radio reporters on the streets. They’re commonly referred to as noise cameras. When a loud car passes by — typically one exceeding 85 decibels — these noise cameras snap a photo of the car’s license plate and a ticket is mailed to the driver. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke to Erica Walker, a noise researcher and epidemiologist at Brown University, about her skepticism of this new surveillance system.
1,631 Listeners
875 Listeners
8,578 Listeners
30,841 Listeners
1,362 Listeners
31,935 Listeners
2,168 Listeners
5,498 Listeners
56,005 Listeners
1,446 Listeners
9,539 Listeners
3,579 Listeners
5,892 Listeners
163 Listeners
2,570 Listeners
1,331 Listeners
83 Listeners
207 Listeners