Quiet Zone Update
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Quiet Zone
Update
Village of Glendale
April 25, 2007
Joint Police-Streets Committee
Meeting
Glendale
Village Plan
2000
Transportation Committee Recommendation
Strategy Eight: Reduce noise pollution from the railroad
Action – Develop local and regional options and then
work with railroad to implement a quiet zone.
Railroad Controls Limited
(RCL) Report
History of Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) rules on whistles
Swift Rail Development Act of 1994
Notice of Proposed Rule Making (1/13/00)
Interim Final Rule (12/18/03)
Final Rule (6/24/05)
Process to Create Quiet Zone
Application through the FRA by Public Authority
Public Authority Designation (preferred method –
doesn’t require FRA approval)
Each
highway-rail grade crossing within Quiet
Zone equipped with approved Supplemental
Safety Measure or Wayside Horn
Quiet Zone Risk Index (QZRI) less than
Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold (NSRT)
or the Risk Index With Horns (RIWH)
Glendale Highway & Pedestrian Rail
Crossings
Sharon Road
• cantilever flashing
lights and gates
Pedestrian Crossing
•
no warning device
Albion Avenue
• flashing lights and
gates
Oak Street
• flashing lights and
gates
Quiet Zone Alternatives
Four-Quadrant Gate Systems
One Way Street with Gates
Gates with Medians or Channelization
Devices
Wayside Horns
Temporary Closures
Permanent Closures
Cost Summary of Options
Reflects updated costs for Constant Warning Time (CWT)
Option
Four Quadrant Gates
Sharon Road Albion Avenue
Oak Road
$500,000
$400,000
$400,000
Medians or
Channelization
N/A
N/A
N/A
One-Way with Gates
N/A
$175,000
$175,000
$200,000
$190,000
$190,000
Temporary Closure
N/A
$165,000
No data
Permanent Closure
N/A
$190,000*
N/A
Wayside Horns
•Proposed by Ohio Rail Development Commission to close Albion Avenue (2/8/07)
Wayside Horn
Demonstration
Results –
2/10/07
Decibel Readings
from 10 locations at
three rail crossings
Ad Hoc Citizen’s Committee
Mayor has approved creation of an Ad Hoc Citizen’s
Committee to further study QZ
4 – 6 members from within Village
Study FRA Rules and Options for QZ
Funding Sources
FRA National Inventory Update & Calculator
ORDC, PUCO, CSX input
Make recommendations to Council based on findings