1 su 5 europei esposti a pericoloso inquinamento acustico, rivela

The irony of me reading this, hearing some train go crazy with the honk. Wonder what’s going on this time? Thing is I’m unsure the EU can do anything about the rails “cracking” because they’re curved. I’m already unsure they can do anything about the ultra-loud M4 trains, except wait for them to be eventually phased out.

If 55dB is the limit they want, I’m afraid not even the modern M7 trains are OK. Can you even make a train that silent? In a curve?

As for cars, well, there’s a reason I’ve only lived next to major roads: it’s the cheapest places. I have a hard time believing lobbying low-noise asphalt will do anything, when some roads here are due for repairs since 30 years… at least trucks aren’t supposed to pass in front of my place unless they’re local traffic. But I feel like this isn’t quite well enforced sometimes.

This is sort of an interesting thing to worry about. I like it. But it feels very low-priority, very unfeasible, considering the backlash against environment stuff in general.

USA is worse