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Will noise cameras in Providence be worth it?

Hot Topic 11/21/2025

Providence’s noise-camera pilot program is moving toward implementation in 2026, but questions about value, effectiveness and equity continue to stir debate. The $180,000 initiative aims...

MORE MONITORS? The city of Providence already has traffic cameras such as these at Chalkstone Avenue and Raymond Street keeping an eye out for motorists running red lights. Other cameras capture images of speeders. Now the Smiley administration wants the ability to enforce traffic noise automatically.  PBN FILE PHOTO

A sound idea? Providence considers noise cameras along roads

Focus 02/16/2024

If given the green light, Rhode Island’s most populous – and maybe the loudest – municipality will be the first in the state to...

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