Thanks to Kamala Bremer of the Hosford Abernethy Neighborhood Association for this Quiet Zone Update.
Dear Neighbors:
Linda Netekoven presented TriMet and City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) representatives with copies of our petition requesting a Quiet Zone, complete with 300 signatures, plus a map of the location of the signers.
Dave Unsworth of TriMet presented a power point presentation detailing the 3 options available for mitigating train horn noise. These include
1) a variance to excuse TriMet’s light rail trains from blowing their horns at the RR intersections,
2) “wayside horns,” which are positioned at intersections and used instead of train horns, and which direct the horn sound toward the immediate intersection instead of out into the surrounding neighborhoods and industrial area, and
3) a full Quiet Zone (which would cover TriMet and all other trains).
Title: TriMet Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Open House