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Houston METRO is incresing horn volumes on LRT hoping people will hear them.
Dominic Mazoch posted:Houston METRO is incresing horn volumes on LRT hoping people will hear them.
Just another case of stupid people making life hard for everyone around them.
Yes, but except for Darwin, there is no cure for stupid.
We had two people seriously hurt at Jack London Square in Oakland, CA about two months ago. They waited for one train to pass and then walked out in front of a second train going in the opposite direction on the two track mainline. The crossing gates and lights were down for both trains. There are pedestrian crossing gates across the sidewalks. You are on your own if you try to cross in the middle of the block.
This happens about once a month in the SF Bay Area. It is sad.
Jack London Square is one of the few areas still left in the country where trains run in the street through a busy tourist and residential neighborhood. It is on the UP mainline from Oakland to LA. Amtrak's Starlight and other Amtrak local trains also use this route.
Jack London Square used to be industrial but it has changed dramatically during the past 30 years. The factories, warehouses, and docks have been replaced by condos, apartments, fine restaurants and hotels. More condos are being built every year.
I don't know how this is going to be resolved or if it will be resolved. Elevating the rail line would block views from the condos and hotels and probably would not be politically acceptable. Digging a tunnel would cost billions because Jack London Square is just a few feet above the water level of SF Bay. The builders would essentially be building a double track under water tunnel that would have to withstand CA earthquakes.
NH Joe
Maybe this country needs to get away from the "Kinder, gentler America" and be a lot less politically correct by coming out with get tough multimedia ads. Facebook is full of ads every other post or so. Have some of them show what the consequences are when they have their head down in that electronic device and don't pay attention to where they are going.
