HOUSTON — A north Houston man who has endured blaring train horns since 1992 is still waiting for relief after filing for a designated “quiet zone” nearly two decades ago, highlighting the lengthy and complex process required to reduce railroad noise in residential areas.
Jeffery Pickens, who lives just one block from active train tracks in his north Houston neighborhood, says the locomotive horns are so loud they sound like they’re coming directly into his living room.
“I’m recording this in the house not not outside. This is in the house? I’m sitting here. This is where I’m recording this,” Pickens demonstrated while capturing the deafening sound from inside his home…