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Weekly Data Story The title is to this post is not very shocking to New York City residents or tourists. A stroll through the Financial District or West Village and most people yearn for noise cancelling headphones. Besides the general discomfort that loud noises create for people, there is a general correlation between noise and…
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Weekly Data Story New York City has a program where the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enforces the idling law. Fines range from $350 to $2,000. Under New York State law, heavy duty diesel trucks and buses may not idle for more than 5 minutes in a row unless the temperature is less than 25 degrees…