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Docket: FRA-1999-6439
Use of Locomotive Horns and Grade Crossings
Comment On: FRA-1999-6439-0001
U.S. DOT/FRA - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Document: FRA-1999-6439-3528
Lisa J. Flavin - Comments
39 Damon Street
Concord,
MA,
01742
AGENCY: FRA
Docket number FRA-1999-6439
Docket title: Use of Locomotive Horns and Grade Crossings"
(Sent to FRA Docket via email submission 4/18/04)
PETITION TO STOP REINSTATEMENT OF TRAIN WHISTLE
We support our Commonwealth of Massachusetts Whistle Ban Home Rule Petition signed into law on 12/30/02. The law concluded after nearly three years of extensive study and public hearings that in the interest of safety, equality and fairness the 110 decibel whistle blast need NOT blow at the Concord crossings except in emergencies. The Home Rule Petition acknowledged that a whistle blast deemed excessive for some Concord crossings (safety considerations being equal) is excessive for all. IF IT IS INDEED AN ISSUE OF SAFETY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING, THEN IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH EQUANIMITY and not hypocrisy.
Steven Kulm, director of public affairs for the FRA, in an article by Sally Heaney in the Boston Globe Northwest section suggested that whistles will sound in Concord unless Concord takes action before then to qualify the crossings for quiet zone status.
The article then goes on to discuss �undocumented� whistle bans that might be considered as �Pre-Rule Quiet Zones� which might include all crossings in Concord except for the two in West Concord for which the whistle ban home rule petition was created. This is patently unfair.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) site for existing whistle bans, rates them based on risk (data supplied on site). All of Concord�s sites are rated �3�, not qualified for quiet zone status.
We fought long and hard to correct the inequity surrounding the West Concord crossings as the only places between Acton and North Station where whistles were routinely blown. The use of an arbitrary date of 10/9/96 does not address the safety issues of each of Concord�s rail crossings, namely that they are all equally safe.
Nearly 2,200 Concord residents will be affected by the new rule, 740 of those will be severely affected by the injurious horn whistles. For details go to http://www.concordblast.com
Does sounding the whistle in West Concord 96 times per day (32 trains @ 3 whistle soundings per train) makes us 96 times safer or just 96 times noisier? We believe the latter and have affixed our name to this document in protest to the FRA proposal to reinstate the 110 decibel train whistle in such an inequitable manner.
Lisa J. Flavin
39 Damon Street
Concord, MA
Kevin M.G. Flavin
39 Damon Street
Concord, MA
Veronica Garzone
24 Sunnyside Lane
Concord MA 01742
Matthew Garzone
24 Sunnyside Lane
Concord, MA 01742
Lori Shelly
138 Laws Brook Road
Concord, MA 01742
Natalie Bartlett
53 Frances Street
Concord, MA 01742
Kristen Nelson
57 Central Street
Concord, MA 01742
Lynn Aghajanian
194 Conant St.
Concord, MA 01742
Andy Aghajanian
194 Conant St.
Concord, MA 01742
Jon Symons
17 Central Street
Concord, MA
Mark Garvey
25 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Ellie Garvey
25 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Rose Ruze
4 Concord Greene #6
Concord, MA 01742
Marcia Schloss
86 Hillside Ave.
Concord, MA
Suzy Symons
17 Central Street
Concord, MA 01742
Kathy Pickett
37 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Margaret Guertin
105 Prairie St
Concord Ma
Bill Kehoe
51 MacArthur Rd.
Concord, MA 01742
Dorrie Kehoe
51 MacArthur Rd.
Concord, MA 01742
Jane Hallowell
17-2 Concord Greene
Concord, MA 01742
Ann Sgarzi
33 Maple Street
Concord, MA 01742
Malcolm Bryant
175 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Ann Jennings
45 Derby Street
Concord, MA 01742
Charles G. Price
113 Nashoba Road
Concord, MA 0172
Christine Price
113 Nashoba Road
Concord, MA 01742
Lisette Zinner
31 Derby Street
Concord, MA 01742
Chris Sgarzi
33 Maple Street
Concord, MA 01742
Jennifer Clarke
120 Riverdale Road
Concord, MA 01742
Jen Conradt
816 Main Street
Concord, MA 01742
Leslie Erisman
5 Westvale Dr.
Concord, MA 01742
Kenneth McClean
146 Prairie Street
Concord, MA
Carol Cucinata
247 Prairie Street
Concord, MA 01742
Michael Abend
9 Concord Greene #7
Concord, MA 01742
Nicholas Stravropoulos
67 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Christine Napolitano
110 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Rose Wallace
44 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Peter W. Towler
109 Elsinore Street
Concord, MA 01742
Susan Cannistraro
29 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Chris Cannistraro
29 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Deborah Towler
109 Elsinore Street
Concord, MA 01742
Avis J. Waite
26 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Sarah Leclaire
21 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Gretchen Hollworth
30 Sunnyside Lane
Concord, MA 01742
Nelson Tamarjo
42 Sunnyside Lane
Concord, MA 01742
Barbara A. FitzGerald
17 Concord Greene #3
Concord, MA 01742
James J. FitzGerald
17 Concord Green #3
Concord, MA 01742
Jean Folts
16 Concord Greene #6
Concord, MA 01742
John F. Flavin
16 Concord Greene #2
Concord, MA 01742
Evelyn Flavin
16 Concord Greene #2
Concord, MA 01742
Michael J. Fitzmoins
15 Concord Greene #4
Concord, MA 01742
Frederick R. Taylor
11 Concord Greene #5
Concord, MA 01742
Lillian Vaccarello
10 Concord Greene #7
Concord, MA 01742
Thelma Soberg
11 Concord Greene #1
Concord, MA 01742
Kendel Hanson
10 Concord Greene #1
Concord, MA 01742
Roberta Bernstein
9 Concord Greene #6
Concord, MA 01742
Diana Burke
321 Bedford Street
Concord, MA 01742
Mary Burke
333 Bedord Street
Concord, MA 01742
Ray Burke
333 Bedford Street
Concord, MA 01742
Sue Polts-Datema
21 Hawthorne Village
Concord, MA 01742
William Datema
21 Hawthorne Village
Concord, MA 01742
Rita Faieta
112 Elsinore Street
Concord, MA 01742
Julie Recco
68 Elsinore Street
Concord, MA 01742
Jerome Butler
122 Elsinore Street
Concord, MA 01742
Virginia Landini
135 Concord Greene
Concord, MA 01742
Paul Landini
13-5 Concord Greene
Concord, MA 01742
Walter Waite
26 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Cynthia Katz
20 Conant Street
Concord 01742
Rich Hollworth
30 Sunnyside Lane
Concord, MA 01742
Jean A. DiRuzzo
68 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
John B. DiRuzzo
68 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Maria Ruggiero
104 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Maria O. Ruggiero
70 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Vincent Duggan
4 Concord Greene #3
Concord, MA 01742
E.H. Dulema
4 Concord Greene #5
Concord, MA 01742
Carol J. Knight
4 Concord Greene #2
Concord, MA 01742
Leslie Bitman
4 Concord Greene #1
Concord, MA 01742
Paul Cohn
4 Concord Greene #1
Concord, MA 01742
Madeleine Goodrich
2 Concord Greene #2
Concord, MA 01742
Margaret Fries
5 Concord Greene #2
Concord, MA 01742
Gail Werntz
5 Concord Greene #3
Concord, MA 01742
Jenny Montgomery
5 Concord Greene #7
Concord, MA 01742
Howard Quinn
5 Concord Greene #5
Concord, MA 01742
Gloria Quinn
5 Concord Greene#5
Concord, MA 01742
Sally Livingston
5 Concord Greene #4
Concord, MA 01742
Larry Rosini
5 Concord Greene #4
Concord, MA 01742
Bea Rosebush
2 Concord Greene #4
Concord, MA 01742
Art Rosebush
2 Concord Greene #7
Concord, MA 01742
Celena Kerynein
2 Concord Greene #8
Concord, MA 01742
Kelly Duggan
4 Concord Greene #3
Concord, MA 01742
William Wenchril
24 Concord Greene #8
Concord, MA 01742
Phyllis Warner
8 Concord Greene #5
Concord, MA 01742
Virginia Whitney
45 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Neil E. Whitney
45 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Patrick Clausen
148 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Gladys Foreman-Rios
148 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Craig Ogilvie
96 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Robert Gaudet
62 Maple Street
Concord, MA 01742
Meg Gaudet
62 Maple Street
Concord, MA 01742
Pamela Koontz
41 Maple Street
Concord, MA 01742
Joseph A. Koontz
41 Maple Street
Concord, MA 01742
Steven Allen
19 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Suzanne Allen
19 Damon Street
Concord, MA 01742
Pam Talbot
188 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742
Larry Masland
188 Conant Street
Concord, MA 01742