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Only speaking for the NL here (though I am from the US): Trains are loud when they pass, but they are not a constant stream at certain times like cars are. They
by airza 3y ago
Only speaking for the NL here (though I am from the US):
Trains are loud when they pass, but they are not a constant stream at certain times like cars are. They are also usually not moving at full speed when passing through urban areas as they are accelerating or decelerating anyway.
Someone also mentioned that property values are generally higher here near the train because it's a convenient way to travel. This is also (AFAIK) true in larger cities like Tokyo with more sophisticated commuter rail.
Just no contest between trains and cars.
- generalenvelope 3y agoTrains are also vastly more efficient, space-wise, at moving people than cars. As the article mentions, increasing rail infrastructure would logically include regional connections first. It's not like we'd be building a train track everywhere there's a road
- jacquesm 3y agoI've lived near train tracks and near busy roads and highways. I'll take the traintracks any time. You get used to them pretty quickly because they are always the same sound. Whereas the highway is a continuously variable source of noise depending on your current sample of exhaust technology (or lack thereof).
- AshamedCaptain 3y agoWell, I for one concur that the highway is kind of a "continuos source" of noise, but that is precisely the reason I actually prefer it over that of tracks/trains, and I think most people do too... It doesn't really matter which "exhaust" technology is used; at highway speeds that is the most irrelevant part of the noise (the pollution side is another story), with the air/wooshing sounds dominating heavily.
- jacquesm 3y agoWhere I live I can hear both trains, a nearby busy road and the highway. The trains are really not a problem, there is a well defined maximum and they gradually ramp up and down in noise level but the road & highway have me sitting up straight at times wondering what on earth is going on. Usually either a truck that uses its air brake or a bunch of motorcycles without damper that suddenly open up. Especially at night that can be enough to wake me up and good luck trying to sleep after that.
- thecopy 3y agoAdditionally, train noise is predictable. With car/motorbike noise my ears are primed for the low-esteemed person who needs to make a Big Wroom Wroom.