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Residents push Pleasanton for downtown train 'quiet zone'; council hears petition and feasibility caveats
Summary
Several Pleasanton residents told the City Council May 20 that frequent nighttime train horn blasts in the downtown area are disrupting sleep and public health and urged the council to fund a study and pursue a Federal Railroad Administration quiet zone.
Residents asking the Pleasanton City Council to pursue a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) “quiet zone” for downtown spoke at length during public comment May 20, asking the council to allocate seed funding to study whether the city can reduce nighttime train horn noise.
Speakers said freight and passenger trains have become louder and more frequent at night and that horn blasts disrupt sleep, study, and community life. Dr. Asim (an internal medicine physician) told the council such nocturnal noise can…
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