It’s not just you: many downtown residents have noticed an increasing number of loud train horns passing through downtown in the middle of the night. In an effort to accelerate the adoption of a downtown “Quiet Zone” that has been in the works by the Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC) in response to the enforced insomnia, several downtown residents have started www. sleeplessinsandiego.info. It features information on who to contact, how to properly record and report incidents and has room for comments.
“We’re just acting as a conduit to provide people with an opportunity to send their information on through to the CCDC, the DOT (Department of Transportation), et cetera, and providing with as much information as possible, all in one spot,” said Patrick T. McArron, founder of the Web site.
According to residents, while nighttime train and trolley whistles have become an unavoidable annoyance, the noise has gotten much worse in recent weeks.
“What they suspect changed was that one of the engineers was getting a bit careless with their horn,” McArron said.
From San Diego Downtown News July 11, 2006.
