News from around the country:

• Is train horn noise a problem in your town?  John W. P. Redden, P.E. Senior Railroad Engineer Hanson-Wilson, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri
• DeWitt’s train ‘quiet zone’ will come at cost  Quad City Times DeWitt, IA July 18, 2006
• Sound practice or just noise? Orange County July 16, 2006
• 'Quiet zone’ for trains is considered  Quad City Times, DeWitt IA July 16, 2006
• Thanks for support in quiet zone effort  Lodi News.com, CA, July 12, 2006
• Fight to Quiet Trains Gets Longer  TBO.com Tampa Bay, FL May 20, 2006

• TRAIN HORNS and QUIET ZONES - Richmond, CA 

  • More commentary on Train Horn Noise

  • And still more commentary

  • Train Horn Incident Report for Richmond, CA  [pdf]

• Quiet Zones - an explanation - Ohio Rail Dev Commission

  • Filing Instructions to Establish a Rail Quiet Zone

  • Comments before the DOT - FRA  [2]

• Municipal Guide for Creating New Quiet Zones  [pdf]

  • - DuPage, IL Mayors and Managers Conference)

• TRAIN HORN QUIET ZONES PROGRAM INTRODUCTION - Sacramento, CA  [pdf]

• Night time whistle blowing prohibition - Sioux City, IA

• Quiet Zone Project - Fargo, ND

  • View the 64 page Fargo, ND Application  pdf format

  • View the 76 page Moorehead, MN Application  pdf format

• Placentia Moves Closer to "Quite Zone"  Press Release, Nov 21, 2002

  • Audio Report from - Placentia, CA (mp3 file)

  • PUC staff report recommending approval

  • Quiet Zone / Supplemental Safety Measures

  • QUIET ZONE EXTENSION GRANTED BY FRA  June 22, 2006

  • Menlo Park City Council Email Log  - Dec 6, 2004

• Quiet Zone petition draws 1599 signatures - Sun City West, AZ

• No more train whistles - The Quiet Zone - Sun City West, AZ

• Quiet Zone in Chittenden County, VT

• Fight To Quiet Trains Gets Longer - Brandon, FL

• Train Horns to Return to Quiet Zones  BNSF News Release. June 23, 2005
• Citizens for a Quality Mukilteo & Port of Everett Reach Agreement on Quiet Zone
  • Press Release, Everett, WA Dec 28,2004
• FRA's Rule on Locomotive Horns & Quiet Zones North Carolina DOT
• 'Quiet zones' can limit train noise  St Petersburg, FL  Dec 18, 2003

• Union Pacific Railroad's Information on Quiet Zones

• Railroad Quiet Zones  Lincoln, NE

• Conference Working to Establish New "Quiet Zones" in Northern Suburbs of Chicago

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  • H.O.R.N. (Halt Outrageous Railroad Noise) - New Jersey