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... 39 5.1 Methodology This study developed a multicriteria methodology for prioritizing railroad grade crossings along a corridor for grade separation or other improvements. The methodology was implemented in a set of linked spreadsheets to develop the RCAT.
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... 40 Additional manual inputs are required to populate other data fields, such as accident history at the crossing, fuel costs, and presence of coastal management areas. (These variables are not available in the FRA inventory database.)
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... 41 and community livability module tab scores. This final score is computed in the final scores tab of the RCAT and is used to prioritize the crossings for safety improvements.

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