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... SHRP 2 Renewal Project R16B Tools for Communicating Railroad–DOT Mitigation Strategies
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... SHRP 2 Renewal Project R16B Tools for Communicating Railroad–DOT Mitigation Strategies Shobna Varma StarIsis Corporation Lewis Center, Ohio with Gordon Proctor & Associates Michael L Bradley & Associates, LLC TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD Washington, D.C.
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... © 2015 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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... NOTICE The project that is the subject of this document was a part of the second Strategic Highway Research Program, conducted by the Transportation Research Board with the approval of the Governing Board of the National Research Council. The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, the National Research Council, and the sponsors of the second Strategic Highway Research Program do not endorse products or manufacturers.
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... The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. On the authority of the charter granted to it by Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters.
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... Contents 1 Executive Summary 3 CHAPTER 1 Introduction 4 CHAPTER 2 Project Background 6 CHAPTER 3 Project Objective 6 Why R16B, Tools for Communicating Railroad–DOT Mitigation Strategies? 7 What Does R16B, Tools for Communicating Railroad–DOT Mitigation Strategies, Hope to Achieve?
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... Executive Summary This report for SHRP 2 Renewal Project R16B, Tools for Communicating Railroad–DOT Mitigation Strategies, documents the third phase of a research effort. The project consisted of developing web-based tools to support the nationwide adoption of various innovations identified or developed during the first two phases to mitigate the numerous challenges faced by transportation agencies and railroad companies on projects involving the two entities.
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... Six lessons are provided, each containing a variety of subtopics: 1. A Primer for Executives; 2.

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