Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 17, 2009, 6:13 PM
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Update: Caltrain will return whistles to underside of trains to lessen noise
Original post made on Sep 18, 2009
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 17, 2009, 6:13 PM
Comments (10)
Posted by Erik
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Sep 18, 2009 at 12:49 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Sep 18, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Please continue to provide regular updates on the train horn topic. It is very important that we follow this until the fix has been completed on all trains. Thank you.
Posted by Sunny
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Sep 18, 2009 at 1:23 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Sep 18, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Quieter train horns? That will turn my frown upside-down!
Posted by really?
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Sep 18, 2009 at 3:15 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Sep 18, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I'll believe it when I don't hear it.
Posted by Rick
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Sep 18, 2009 at 3:32 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Sep 18, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Hallelujah.
Posted by resident of Linfield Oaks
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Sep 18, 2009 at 4:42 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Sep 18, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Hooray!
Posted by Kevyn
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Sep 18, 2009 at 6:18 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Sep 18, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Hallelujah is right! Many thanks to Menlo Park Mayor, City Manager, and City Council for making sure this happens!
Posted by skeptic
a resident of Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks
on Sep 18, 2009 at 6:37 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks
on Sep 18, 2009 at 6:37 pm
I hope the apologies extend to those of us who live nowhere near the tracks and have been regularly blasted, starting at dawn every weekday and continuing until midnight and sometimes later. It's essentially torture.
It will be interesting to see the EIR for HSR, and to see if they decide to use numbers from the summer of '09 for their noise comparisons.
Meanwhile, I'll believe it when it happens.
Posted by Tinnitus
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Sep 18, 2009 at 7:05 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Sep 18, 2009 at 7:05 pm
I've lived near the tracks for 20 years and never have the train horns ever been as loud and unbearable as they have these last 2-3 months. They did not return the sound to the "previous levels" as posted in the papers. It's still really loud. My ears ring now.
Posted by Jerry
a resident of another community
on Sep 18, 2009 at 9:45 pm
a resident of another community
on Sep 18, 2009 at 9:45 pm
The southbound trains at Mountain View station used to not making any horns, but now they are sounding long loud horns departing the stations, even they have stopped. For someone who lives near the station, it's like 50 secs non-stop horns for every train. And during rush hours, the noise is non stop for 2 hours. They claim they need to do that because the regulation asks them to. But the FRA rule states:
"If a train stops in close proximity to a crossing, the horn does not have to be sounded when the train begins to move again."
Obviously they need to look into the FRA horn rule more closely, and here is the link to the Fact sheet: Web Link
Posted by Kathy Hamilton
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Sep 19, 2009 at 7:20 am
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Sep 19, 2009 at 7:20 am
This will be great if it happens. Thank you city manager, Glen Rojas of Menlo Park and the council for their diligent efforts.
We still need to move forward on instituting quiet zones which will add even more relief and provide a better quality of life for all.
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