Medians may be answer to silence trains

This is also used in Kearney NE. It works great. They put Medians in and the arm prevent you from going around.

Maybe you should have thought about that before buying a house next to the tracks.

..how the medians work? I don't want to pay the stupid fee to this rag to be able to read and find out.

Thanks

Start pouring some concrete!

Same thing as on 70th Street in Lincoln. The crossing arm blocks your lane only. The extra long median with steel posts, keeps you from entering into the opposing lane, and going around the arm. Cheap and effective.

Why does this matter? I thought that was why we were building viaducts so that all crossings would be closed and the whistles would stop.

Haven't you heard we can't afford to put viduacts in now. Wonder why we seem to have enough for everything else. except plowing the streets. But we can afford to give everyone that works for the city raises. When other cities can't.

Durr Hurr

Where in the article does it say that people who own a home next to the tracks are complaining? Last time I listened, I have heard the train horns even north of the highway (23rd street).

Note verbatim from this article:
"While some citizens have become accustomed to the daily train horns reverberating throughout the community, others find the sound annoying and disruptive and want it to end."

All of you people that post these duhs, durr hurrs and other dimwitted sounds to these blogs come across dumber than the people you try and mock.

I'm not worried about the noise. More the vibrations from the train that you can feel about 6 blocks away in your home.

Only poor people live by train tracks, its not this really matters.

If I remember right and I'm sure I do. Councilman Buckly (I like to hear myself talk) Said, "That it could not be done in Columbus." And our City Admin. MangiaSmelli agreed with him. I just wanted to know what changed in 8 months? Sounds to me like they don't know their DONKEY from a hole in the ground. Do YA!! Jim

I could understand someone complaining about the noise IF it showed up after they did. In this case, as much as I despise the UP, they were making noise long before anyone here entered into a rental, lease, or purchase agreement. What changed since you decided to live where you live?

Furthermore, there are approximately 2,400 crossing collisions each year in the US. Why, why, why, would anyone in their right mind want to increase the risk by eliminating an audible signal? The crossing arms are electro-mechanical devices. The one thing that is certain in this situation is that electro-mechanical device WILL fail. I don’t see the risk as being worth it. Even the Federal Railroad Administration reports more frequent collisions in whistle-ban areas. Its not exaclty rocket science.

If you put the medians in, do it to prevent people from going around the crossing arms, not to convenience the idiot who just last week decided he didn't like the train horn that was there before he was even born.

This town has so many other issues that take precedence over this, but as usual....

If they will stop the horns, I'm all for medians. Let's get started right now. If anyone else made that much noise, they'd be arrested for disturbing the peace.

Growing up living a fair distance away from the tracks 33rd street, I could still hear the whistle blow. Then moving closer to the tracks, less than 1/2 mile, the horn was obviously louder. Yes it was annoying when talking on the phone or when the windows were open, but other than that we really did not notice the whistle blowing. In my opinion lets keep our community safe. Would you rather have someone hurt or killed because the arm malfunctioned or deal with some petty noise. I agree there are other issues more important than some petty noise.

Ever since the beginnings of the "viaduct committee" over 4 years ago there has been a group of citizens suggesting medians at the crossings as an alternative to closing them and putting in viaducts. It will not necessarily stop the horns- they have to blow a certain distance before any at grade crossing whether it has the medians or not- but they WILL keep people from driving around the arms when they are down.
This is NOT an new idea. It is one of many logical and inexpensive ways to make the at-grade crossings safer and more efficient for both the vehicles and the trains. I really don't get why all of a sudden it is being considered as a good idea when it was practically laughed away by council members not long ago. Whatever- if they want to use the idea of the horns to get something logical done, great, at least maybe they will do something that makes sense for once, even if their reasoning doesn't.

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