Poll: Should Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie counties silence Brightline, FEC horns?
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More than 50 trains a day travel through the Treasure Coast's Florida East Coast Railway corridor, sounding horns at each road crossing to alert motorists and pedestrians.
Some people think the increased train traffic caused by dozens of daily Brightline trips and a commensurate increase in train horns are too much and the horns should be silenced. After all, they say, most Treasure Coast crossings have been improved with the addition of quad gates and other safety mechanisms.
Treasure Coast policy as of November: Will quiet zones silence Brightline train horns here? Not for a year at least
From 2016: Local governments still aren’t interested in quiet zones, even for free
Others think the horns remain an important safety measure.
As of November, Treasure Coast governments said they'd take a wait-and-see approach to possibly implementing "quiet zones."
Should Treasure Coast governments go through the process of creating quiet zones in their cities or counties, either banning train horns from sounding all day or from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.?
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This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Poll: Status quo OK, or should train horns be prohibited on FEC track?
