Last fall the FRA proposed removing 1) the requirement to sound a horn near passenger stations and 2) the minimum sound level if they do sound it at a station. The only comment in opposition? Submitted by a rail union. downloads.regulations.gov/FRA-2025-012...
William Skudlarek
The real problem here of course is the FRA horn rule.
“We find that even using the highest estimates of the benefits, the costs imposed by the increased train noise are likely to be greater by an order of magnitude.”
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A US Federal Railroad Administration rule requires trains to sound their whistles while approaching and entering public highway–rail crossings. In an …
Chat: Do you think this person would support the transit tax this fall once Caltrain stops the "relentless train horn noise at all hours of the day and night" she and other San Mateo residents have been enduring for 2 years?
"Fix horn noise before asking for money"
