Learn More
About Railway Quiet Zones
Click here
for information on Wapakoneta's sign ordinances.
No Train Horns
Means SAFER Crossings!*
Please Sign the Petition
List of
U.S. Quiet Zones
2009 Stimulus Funds Granted for Quiet Zone
Contact Congressman Jim Jordan
and send him
this from Congresswoman Kaptur
she was able
to get $1,000,000 (one MILLION dollars) for
Vermillion's Quiet Zones
Ohio Quiet Zone Implementation Plan
PUCO Quiet Zone FAQs
NIOHS--Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention
The Ohio General Assembly HB247
Olmsted Falls OH works on their own Quiet Zone
Northeast Ohio towns work to silence train horns
Glendale, OH Administrator's BLOG
PowerPoint
Presentation
Rocky River, Ohio Quiet Zone Evaluation--August 28,
2006 (great example)
Atlanta's Plan
Fairfield, Iowa has a plan!
How sad--they're having raffles
to pay for safer crossings! But we can fund a war with taxes!
This in from Galesburg, Illinois
This from Flagstaff, Arizona Letter
to the Editor
Ohio Rail Development Commission Report Comments
Railroad Controls Limited
Hanson-Wilson, Inc.--Quiet Zone Consultants
American Public Works Association
Carlisle, Ohio Mayor Proposes Silencing Train Whistles
Federal Railroad Administration--Final Train Horn Rule
Report
Association of American Railroads
CSX Public Project Information
Point Richmond Train Horn Rule--Quiet Zone Report Update
August 2006
Noise--A Health Problem--US EPA
Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
FRA Quiet Zone Calculator
No Noise Environmental Noise Website
December 4, 2006 West Palm Beach Goes Quiet for Christmas
*Extra safety measures are put into place, preventing
'crashing' of gates. Trains are still equipped with horns
that can be blown should the engineer see a problem ahead. The
extra safety measures protect deaf, hard-of-hearing drivers
and drivers unable to hear due to loud vehicle, radio or stereo
noise.
There is still a crossing in town NOT equipped with gates that
is often used as an 'escape' route--Park Street.
THAT's NOT safe! The bottom line is NOT safety--it's $$$$$$$$.
Are we going to allow Wapak to be
the last kid on the block
to 'get it'? Wapak needs to provide for the safety and welfare,
not to mention the quality of life, for it's citizens.
Please Contact Wapakoneta City Council
or post
your comment on the Wapak Quiet Zone blog
Below is a field evaluation of
a Wayside Horn at a
Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing, by U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Special Programs Administration,
John A. Volpe,
National Transportation Systems Center, June 1998
AHS™ Study Conclusions (Automated
Horn Systen)
"Wayside horns are a viable alternative to locomotive horns
for audible warning at grade crossings.
Wayside horns have the advantage of being closer to the motorist.
In addition, they have a more focused radiation pattern and produce
less community noise exposure."
Wayside Horn Sound Radiation and Motorist Audibility Evaluation,
Prepared for: Association of American Railroads, Prepared by:
Mike Fann & Associates, May 2000
"For nearby residents, the automated
horn system greatly reduces the negative impacts
resulting from the loud train horns; the automated horns are well
accepted by both motorists and locomotive engineers;
and the automated system appears to provide an equivalent level
of safety at the crossings."
Evaluation of an Automated Horn Warning System at Three Highway-Railroad
Grade Crossings
in Ames, Iowa, by Steve Gent, P.E. (Iowa DOT), Scott Logan, P.E.(City
of Ames Iowa), David Evans (Iowa State University), 1998
"The wayside horn provided an
equal or significantly louder audible warning
at the point at which motorists most need the warning."
Automated Wayside Train Horn Warning System Evaluation,
Prepared for: The City of Richardson, Texas, Prepared by: PB Farradyne
Inc., May 2001
"The AHS appears to be, after
almost 5 years of operation, an effective alternative to the locomotive
horn at the
Tenth Street crossing in Gering, Nebraska, with a violation rate
no greater than that observed during pretest monitoring."
A Safety Evaluation of the RCL Automated Horn System, by Stephen
S. Roop, Ph.D. Texas Transportation Institute, May 2000
"The safety evaluation suggests
that the wayside horn will not result in behavior
that puts the driver at increased risk compared to the use of
the train horn.
The frequency of violations was lower for the wayside horn than
the train horn,
while the time to collision and violation time was not statistically
or practically different for either warning system."
This is a picture
of a crossing in Wapak. Can anyone identify it?
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