Comments on: More on Tulsa – Can a Similar Quiet Zone Come To OKC?

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:18:19 +0000

Two years later… What progress has been made to end the train whistles downtown?

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:10:02 +0000

If Oklahoma City is serious about developing it’s downtown district, something needs to be done about this immediately.

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:14:20 +0000

This isn’t just a “Bricktown” or “Triangle” issue. I live in far west Downtown OKC and I can still hear the train at 2am blasting through my 10 inch concrete walls. Train noise can be heard for miles at a loud level. I applaud Urban Neighbors and others for working on tackling this issue.

By: Doug Dawg

Doug Dawg — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:04:12 +0000

I’ve lived on NW 19th or 20th Streets since 1983, now between Walker & Dewey, but earlier in the “Heritage Hills East” area immediately west of Broadway and a stone’s throw from the RR tracks. It is rare that I ever notice the sounds, unless I’m sitting on my front porch. Guess I’m used to the sounds and they don’t bother me at all. Of course, when one is inside one’s home, outside noises are muffled considerably.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:16:13 +0000

After living in Mesta Park for 3 years, I honestly don’t notice the horns much any more, but, having eaten outdoors at Iguana on NW 9th or down in Norman at Benvenutis, I can understand the concerns of the immediate neighbors. As a reference – we average 45 trains per day, with approximately 10 crossings between 7th & 16th. Federal Law requires 20 seconds of horn per train, per crossing, which means we have approximately 2.5 hours of train horn a day.

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:51:35 +0000

Yeah, but then you get those folks who see the train crossing bar lower and they think that’s a good time to rush through. Dennis Leary would tell you that having the car get hit, and the motorist killed, is good – “thinning of the herd.” But it’s a traumatic thing for the train engineer, so we’re stuck with the horn blowing – the equivalent of saying “I’m really coming, you fool, get out of the way.”

By: Shane

Shane — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:49:38 +0000

That’s stupid

Just tell them not to honk. It’s easy.

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:10:18 +0000

You won’t like hearing this… but…. Tulsa began pursuing a quiet zone in 2004.

By: Shane

Shane — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:41:41 +0000

I saw that and thought the same thing… The train moving through can be a really annoying thing- blasts through Bricktown (interrupting music venues and boat tours) and even worse blasts through the residential districts north of Bricktown. So it would be good to get it taken care of.

Seems like Tulsa first talked about that months or a year ago- does it really take that long to get all that done?