Edmundo Martinez is used to traffic — the near-constant hum of pistons pumping and tires on pavement, the screeching acceleration of late-night street races, angry horns, and frantic sirens. After a while, it all started to blend together. It wasn’t until he started traveling farther away from his Parkchester home that he understood peacefulness sounded different.
Martinez and his neighbors in the South Bronx spent their lives listening to traffic wedged between highways like the Cross Bronx Expressway and Bruckner Expressway; they’ve dealt with noise pollution, abysmal air quality and community isolation for generations.
