Brétigny: day and night, stopped buses rev the engine under his windows and drive him crazy

2024-01-30T12:08:40.594Z

Highlights: Maxime (first name has been changed) has been fighting to reduce “avoidable noise pollution” around the Brétigny-sur-Orge bus station. Despite a series of letters, which resulted in several exchanges with the company Transdev, the situation is slow to be resolved. “By buying here, I knew that I was going to have the noise of the trains (the SNCF station is also nearby). But you get used to it, it's not so annoying after all, explains the thirty-year-old. On the other hand, the real nuisance is the buses that park without turning off their engines. There is a resonance box effect. This is a problem for us local residents, but also for the environment," he says.

Maxime, whose accommodation overlooks the Brétigny bus station, is on a crusade against “avoidable noise pollution” in the city. In