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Rail Traffic Task Force in Jointly sponsoring this study. A study <br />Management Board, on which each study participant is represented, is <br />responsible for policy guidance and approval of study results and <br /> <br />products. <br /> <br />STUDY o~JECTIVE AND APPROACH <br /> The study objective is to find low-cost solutiOnS to the impacts <br /> of railroad/community conflicts occurring along the study corridor. To <br /> accomplish this objective, a three-phase work program is being conducted: <br /> · In Phase I, a corridor-wide survey of rail/communitY <br /> conflicts was made. Problems were tde~tified by community <br /> and a preliminary list of low-cost actions deemed to be <br /> potential solutions was developed. <br /> <br /> · In Phase II, an in-depth analysis of problems in six <br /> representative corridor communities was conducted. <br /> Alternative low-cost actions to resolve the problems were <br /> identified and analyzed. Phase II culminated with selection <br /> of remedial actions to be implemented in each case study <br /> community as demonstratiOn projeCtS. <br /> <br /> · In Phase III, the demonstration projects will be implemented <br /> and evaluated. The purpose of this phase is to establish the <br /> actual effectiveness of the projects in resolving problems <br /> and to determine the projects' applicability to other <br /> corridor communities. <br /> This report summarizes the findings of Phase Il. Phase I results <br /> are presented in a separate report, available on request from the <br /> Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT)- Also available from <br /> Mn/DOT are technical reports that provide detailed information on the <br /> methodology and results of each study phase. ~ <br /> <br />CASE STUDY coMmUNITIES <br /> The purpose of Phase II is to develop a better understanding of <br /> community problems res~lttng from rail/com~nity conflicts and to identify <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />