Noise levels on red line

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Has anyone used a sound meter to measure the noise level on the red line between Harvard Sq and Alewife? Especially, between Harvard Sq and Davis Sq? I bet it's more than 110 dBs. If one takes the T twice a day, for extended periods of time, I bet that one incurs hearing damage, especially in the low frequency ranges. Clearly, there are more important issues the MBTA is dealing with, but if the noise levels are above what sound exposure regulations permit, I'd say that customers should know about it.

Comments

[ron_newman]

Someone was trying to talk to me tonight on the Harvard Square outbound platform as a train entered the station. I told him that I couldn't hear anything he was saying and he'd have to wait until the train stopped.

Too bad he could not hear you...

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

telling him you could not hear! :)