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Residents urge Pleasanton to update FRA data and study railroad quiet zones to reduce night horn noise
Summary
Several residents asked the Pleasanton City Council to direct staff to update Federal Railroad Administration data and explore engineering options that could lower quiet-zone costs and reduce disruptive nighttime train horns, citing health and quality-of-life impacts.
Multiple residents on April 15 urged the Pleasanton City Council to pursue a railroad quiet zone and asked staff to update Pleasanton’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) traffic and accident data as a first step.
Shiroi Choksi told the council she has a straightforward request: that the city direct staff to upload updated traffic and accident information to the FRA database so the FRA quiet-zone tools can generate current risk calculations. Choksi said Pleasanton’s public data extend only to 2008 and pointed to a…
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