Salt Lake City Council's vote brings railroad 'Quiet Zones' one step closer to complian

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Salt Lake City Council's vote brings railroad 'Quiet Zones' one step closer to complian
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SALT LAKE CITY — People along the Wasatch Front could be closer to getting a full night’s sleep, uninterrupted by blaring train horns, after the Salt Lake City Council’s vote Tuesday night.The “no train horn” signs at rail crossings haven’t been true for the past two months. In areas that used to be quiet zones, trains have been sounding their horn since Sept. 30 after the Federal Railroad Administration found deficiencies that cities need to address.

'I live in between two crossings, so they begin sounding right before they hit one and continue all the way through the second area,” explained Bogden.She, like the trains, made herself heard. 'And if it impacts me, I think of the thousands of people from Provo to Ogden that are being impacted every single day in the same way that I am,” she added.

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