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potential low-cost solutions. The approach entailed an in-depth analysis <br />of problems and alternative solutions in six case study communities: <br /> s Beach~ North Dakota (pop. 1,400) <br /> · Casselton, North Dakota (1,800) <br /> · Elk River~ Minnesota (7,000) <br /> · Nebron, North Dakota (1,100) <br /> · Moorhead, Minnesota (30,000) <br /> <br /> · Sauk Rapids, Minnesota (5,800) <br /> The communities are representative of other corridor communit~es in terms <br /> of characteristics, problems, causes 0f problems, and potentially effective <br /> <br />low-cost solutions- <br /> <br />PROBLEMS CONFRONTING COMMUNITIES <br /> <br /> The case studies focused on the problems designated as priorities <br />by each community. The problems investigated include emergency vehicle <br />delays; vehicle and pedestrian safety; access problems in traveling to <br />work, school, businesS, and shopping; and community development con- <br />straints. Environmental disturbances were not investigated- Although some <br />residents perceive environmental disturbance as a seriOUS problem, most <br />residents rank this problem low among other problems. None of the case <br />study communities designated it as a priority problem area. Problem <br />designations by community are indicated in Exhibit 2. <br /> <br />ESTIMATES OF PROBLEM MAGNITUDES <br /> <br /> Estimates of the current and future (1985) magnitude of priority <br />problems in each community were made to represent the repercussions of <br /> <br /> <br />