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They will do literally anything that’s not on rails to reinvent the train…
Tbf, the NIMBY fuckwads make it difficult to build new train routes
The government really needs to grow some balls and get better with this stuff.
Just draw some lines on a map. Offer everyone 1.3x the value of their house (or however much) and take it off them. For the greater good.
Often you don't even need more property. Just utilize existing rail systems. So much unused or barely used rail in this country.
I live two blocks from a set of active train tracks, the irritating bit isn't the train itself, it's the horn. As they pass through downtown and pass the multiple level crossings, they just blare the damn thing.
So the problem isn't trains near houses, it's train crossings near houses where horns are required. Fix the crossings to not require horns and you're golden.
We have a commuter rail that used to sound its horns all the time, so they fixed the interactions and most if not all intersections no longer require horns.
Because they're required to.
Strange. Trains don’t even have horns in my country as far as I know. At least I have literally never heard one, and I take the train quite often.
They all do, here. The6 blow them when coming up to road crossings to give warning that you better not be on the tracks.