Re: [ FCNA Ithaca ] 4 o'clock in the morning recycling truck?

[Michael Pastore, Zorba Press]

Re: Loud Noise From Recycling Trucks at 4 a.m.

Sleep is essential for good health and happiness.

I do not understand why we have been so forgiving about this perennial problem. 
This din is not an inevitable act of Destiny that can never be challenged and changed.

We do not  live in a big city with continuously crowded streets: there are only a few hours every day when Fall Creek endures "heavy traffic" that would slow down these trucks and inconvenience pedestrians and other vehicles.

There are a number of alternatives:

--The recycling company could hire more staff and more vehicles
-- They could use a newer, quieter trucks
-- The trucks could come after morning rush hour
--The trucks could come at 6 am not 4 a.m.
--The company could rotate the route, so that other neighborhoods in their route hear the war sounds before the morning birds are singing
--Our city should hire a recycling company that is sensitive to the issue of making noise in the middle of the night.

A later recycling pickup would improve the quality of life of the neighborhood residents, and the also improve the work experience of the drivers of these trucks.

Will anyone take the lead on this project, by first creating a petition ?

Michael Pastore

Michael Pastore: Novelist, Poet, Publisher
Zorba Press | http://www.ZorbaPress.com

Michael's new novel in paperback --
Thoreau Bound: A Utopian Romance in the Isles of Greece
http://zorbapress.com/?page_id=170
The Terrestrial Gospel of Nikos Kazantzakis
http://zorbapress.com/?page_id=168

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 4:04 AM, Mihal Ronen <itha...@gmail.com> wrote:

must it be so early?

-- Mihal

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[Joyce Lovelace]

I agree that it would seem that a different schedule would make more sense. 

We never seem to get much sympathy on the FCNA site about noise - unless it is about someone's dog - a problem I have not experienced. I have taken to wearing ear plugs on Sunday night so that I can sleep through it. I also wear them on nights the bar is having a busy evening.

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        Joyce Lovelace

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