OC, Now with Fewer Ear Splitting Choo Choo Trains – Meanwhile, In The OC… – Curbed LA
Large photo via the OC Register
Things are a little quieter behind the Orange Curtain tonight–the Orange County Transportation Authority today announced that it’s finished an $85 million project to keep train horns (choo-choo) from sounding at intersections around the county. to apply for “quiet zone” status, cities were required to make improvements at the rail crossings, including “signage, striping, installment of signals, raised pavement markers, automatic pedestrian and vehicular gates, modified roadway medians, fencing gates, hand railings and concrete crossing panels,” reports the OC Register. In all, 52 rail crossings were improved through the program–including crossings in Anaheim, Dana Point, Irvine, Orange, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, and Tustin.
