ditto. he commented on a couple of threads and his replies seemed legitimate but who knows AI got so much better.framer wrote: ↑Apr 19, 2025(Anyone else besides me wondering about victor339? They've been digging up older topics and adding such generic observations that I'm thinking the bots might have discovered Urbanstl.
If you're a real person, Victor, then I apologize and welcome you to the forum.)
I would rather MODOT invested in sound walls to protect neighborhoods forcefully cut through by highways than the ones that built up to the highway on purpose after its construction
Alternately, we could build the County folks their sound wall and simply remove portions of 44 and 70 inside of city limits.
Stl PR - Yes, you are hearing more train horns in St. Louis lately — here's why
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2026-09-17/st-louis-train-horn-federal-upgrades
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2026-09-17/st-louis-train-horn-federal-upgrades
I have noticed a lot more train horns from Soulard, but feel like they increased beginning maybe a year or two ago. It's honestly pretty annoying, wakes me up sometimes. I can't even think of an at-grade crossing around here besides the A-B spur, so maybe it's from the desolate streets in Kosciusko?
This article is a few years old but it's even more relevant now. It's stuck with me for whatever reason.
Why Everything Is Getting Louder
The tech industry is producing a rising din. Our bodies can’t adapt.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/the-end-of-silence/598366/
Why Everything Is Getting Louder
The tech industry is producing a rising din. Our bodies can’t adapt.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/the-end-of-silence/598366/
Stl PR - How data center noise is different from regular noise pollution, according to a St. Louis scientist
https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2026-09-24/st-louis-scientist-data-center-noise-pollution
https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2026-09-24/st-louis-scientist-data-center-noise-pollution
it's amazing to me that low frequencies are basically ignored by municipalities. most ordinances are based on A-weighting, which is the worst for correcting low-frequency measurements. low frequencies penetrate walls. they're difficult to block and difficult to measure. and they're potentially the most harmful. i've been losing my mind from traffic rumbling across the speed hump in front of my house for about a decade now (the city (not STL) doesn't believe it's a problem) and hoping i can GTFO of this house soon, before i'm institutionalized.
A municipal fragmentation twist.
StlToday - St. Louis faces new hurdle in race to silence train horns: Crossings outside city limits
StlToday - St. Louis faces new hurdle in race to silence train horns: Crossings outside city limits
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_24a3bd49-c404-4574-8fa3-c3764404a55d.html?gift=1&gift_token=a76a3ac1-f5be-4c1d-b481-8b299443cb2fST. LOUIS — Officials racing to fix more than 100 railroad crossings to stop trains from blowing their horns in city neighborhoods may have a bigger job than they thought.
It turns out they may need to fix crossings in St. Louis County, too.
City officials initially balked at the more than two dozen county crossings the Federal Railroad Administration put on a repair list last month after suspending the city’s train horn “quiet zone.” But late last week, the agency said they were no mistake: The crossings are part of the city’s quiet zone, and the city is responsible for them.
It turns out they may need to fix crossings in St. Louis County, too.
And where will the county get that money from?
And where will the county get that money from?