What does train horn noise look like? (in the City of Plymouth)

If you skim these images and think that your property might be "on the map", then check out your exact property's estimated increase in value at https://sites.google.com/site/plymouthquietzone .  If you are at all interested, attend the Monday 1/6 7PM meeting at City Hall second floor.

These are images of the City of Plymouth overlaid with a “noise distribution map” of the sound of train horns at each of the seven railroad crossings. Those areas directly impacted by train horn noise of 70 decibels or above, include approximately:

•  50 percent of the City’s total land area; and

•  35 percent of existing homes.

All property values are indirectly impacted for various reasons, including “comparable values”. A property value study estimates $36 million of increased property values with Quiet Zones.

What is a Quiet Zone?  Basically by adding some additional safety equipment to prevent cars from going around the gate arms, the trains no longer need to sound their horns.  This has been done by 570 other communities.