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You may have to go a little farther than you thought to find it in today’s world. In nature, the rain forest of Washington’s Olympic National Park is one of the quietest places on Earth. A tiny plot ...

SunRail can get noisy at times. Kids yelling. Music playing. Passengers talking. Now some of SunRail’s cars have designated “quiet zones,” where passengers are asked to “please refrain from talking, ...

NEW YORK -- More quiet cars are coming to Metro-North. The Journal News reports that the last two cars on all weekday trains heading for New York City and the first two on trains out of the city will ...

I can’t remember the last weekend I showed up to work and didn’t make a snow map…. However, I can tell you that I didn’t make one today, and I’m ecstatic about that! It’s about time we get a quiet ...

For the most part, it seems Uber riders and drivers find a happy medium during their jaunts around the River City. If a driver is chatty, a rider can hint that they’re not in the mood for conversation ...