Texas A&M University Quiet Zone
The university is moving forward with plans to create a quiet zone around railroad crossings on campus.
Texas A&M University is working with Union Pacific Railroad, the cities of Bryan and College Station
and the Texas Department of Transportation to establish a railroad quite zone through campus.
The university has experienced tremendous growth over the last several decades including development
near the railroad tracks that bisect the campus. Texas A&M now has many large buildings, including residence halls,
classroom buildings, labs and even a hotel in close proximity to the tracks and several more
are under construction or in design. Train horn noise reduces the quality of life for students, faculty,
staff and visitors trying to learn, study, socialize or sleep.
The university is improving the safety of the campus intersections along the railway
so they meet the standards required for receiving approval from the Federal Rail Authority
to discontinue blowing horns for trains passing through campus.
Kimley-Horn and Associates has been contracted to design the planned improvements.
Brazos Paving is completing the road construction work.
Mobility Planning & Engineering is consulting the project.
SSC Campus Solutions is managing the project.
Quiet Zone Notice of Intent
Request to Modify Pickard Pass
Request to Modify John Kimbrough Blvd. Pickard Pass
