Let’s not surrender to the wall of noise
Toronto is grappling with increasing noise pollution from loud vehicles as spring arrives. City councillors are exploring the use of noise cameras to address the issue, but face challenges in obtaining provincial approval. Despite existing noise bylaws, enforcement remains weak, and the city is seeking further measures to tackle the problem.
- ▪Toronto is experiencing a surge in noise pollution from loud cars and motorcycles as warmer weather returns.
- ▪City councillors voted to investigate the use of noise cameras to ticket excessively loud vehicles, but provincial approval is unlikely.
- ▪A 2017 report indicated that excessive noise can negatively impact health, with traffic contributing to 60% of Toronto's noise.
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Open this photo in gallery:Traffic on Toronto's Gardiner Expressway. There are ways for governments to tame the plague of roaring cars and motorbikes, writes Marcus Gee.Cole Burston/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountIt is springtime at last and the city is full of the sounds of the season: the buzzing of bees, the trilling of birds, the laughing of children – and the roaring of engines. With the return of the good weather, souped-up, pimped-out cars and motorcycles have poured back onto the streets. The racket is tremendous.In the past few years, the angry whines of speeding motorbikes and the rumbles of unmuffled speedsters have become a constant and obnoxious feature of urban life.
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