Tuesday, February 5, 2013


GO launches new Quiet Zones on Barrie trains


This idea is to reduce the amount of noise produced inside the GO trains that move around the Barrie area. It will require passengers with headphones, cellphones or any noise making device to be keep off or have the volume turned down at specific times and in specific areas. This would also require that the devices to not bleed noise. This is in an attempt to reduce the noise during the early morning and late nights. An example, on a 90 minuet train ride at 5:00AM, if someone has a pair of headphones that are bleeding deathcore music through the car, the other people on that car will be possibly attempting to sleep or have a rest.

GO Transit, inspired by feedback from riders, is testing out the idea of Quiet Zones on the upper level of some trains running on the Barrie line. Riders will be asked to turn off cellphones and avoid other noise in the quiet areas.
I actually completely agree with this new rule. I feel that disrupting people in GO trains are not only an annoyance, but a bad representation for themselves. This restriction to the noise will helpfully reduce the ever more stressful conditions of some of the passengers of the go trains as well as improve the general condition of the riding experience on a GO train. I feel though that unless this rule is heavily enforced, it will probably fail. A good way to do this would be to have a guard on every train, able to regulate the noise on each car

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/02/05/bulgaria_says_hezbollah_had_canadians_help_in_july_bomb_attack.html

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