Automated Horn System

Ames, IA Residents and Officials on the AHS™

"This is the best thing the city has ever done to increase the quality of life in the residences." - Resident of Ames, Iowa

"The automated horns are a very positive improvement for the neighborhood" - Resident of Ames, Iowa

"Through our investigation, we discovered that these 'wayside' automated train horns had accomplished their community's goals by improving the audible warning at the crossing while mitigating the train horn noise in the immediate residential area" - Ted Tedesco, Mayor, Ames, Iowa

"...the public acceptance and reaction has been very positive since the system was activated." - Steve Lackey, Director of Public Works, City of Wichita, Kansas

"We can think of nothing in 18 years of residence that has so much improved our quality of life." - Resident of Ames, Iowa

"KDOT's experience with the Automated Horn System has been very positive, without any accident experience at the crossings where the Automated Horn System has been installed." - E. Dean Carlson, Secretary of Transportation, Kansas Department of Transportation

"KDOT's experience with the Automated Horn System has been very positive, without any accident experience at the crossings where the Automated Horn System has been installed." - E. Dean Carlson, Secretary of Transportation, Kansas Department of Transportation

"The use of wayside horns in place of the train horns has provided a noticeable decrease in decibel limits. This audible decrease through use of the wayside horns has not affected safety in the City of Marysville. According to the Marysville Police Department, there has been no increase in citations for violations of crossings, nor has there been any decrease in safety." - Rick Shain, City Administrator, City of Marysville, Kansas

"The Automated Horn System was, and is, the ideal solution from currently available technology. The horns direct the warning sound at the traffic parallel to the approaching road and not perpendicular to it... This all accomplished without most of the unnecessary noise pollution in the surrounding neighborhoods." - Lawrence C. Gibbs, Councilman, City of Gering, Nebraska

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