This "reporting" is horrid. Allow me to correct some of the glaring errors. First of all, the RRQZ advisory committee has mostly business interests represented, and most of those are from downtown, where only three crossings exist. There were also usually five to seven city staff members participating.

Secondly, the panel did not recommend the reconfiguration of the easternmost crossing. That was apparently a requirement from City Council, though I am taking city staff's word for that part (they may have created this "requirement" out of thin air). That reconfiguration is what is forcing the closure of a crossing since railroads are allowed to force crossings to close when they allow a new one to be built. 

Third, there was no final recommendation that the crossing that is closed be Lawrence.

I would add that the majority of the people who live near the crossings, the Whiteaker residents, do not find the horns to be particularly bothersome, by all accounts. Yes, I live there.