Another email from this group, this time with a position statement that sounds pretty reasonable.
A rail corridor must include, but not be limited to the following:
* 75 feet of right of way on each side of the tracks and no more than one grade level crossing per mile.
* Study and approval of ground contamination problems by the EPA.
* Crossing arms that cannot be avoided by drivers.
* Welded rail.
* Bells, not whistles, at intersections.
* Berms along the MN&S to reduce sound pollution.
* Landscaping to discourage people (especially students) from crossing the tracks.
* Sound walls on the BNSF east of the MN&S spur to reduce sound pollution.
* Removal of the switching wye in the Elmwood neighborhood
* A pedestrian bridge crossing the BNSF tracks to connect the either the Birchwood or Lake Forest neighborhood to the “West End” commercial area.