In the News Caring for the Communities Railroads Serve
If you only read three bullets today…
Have them be these key takeaways from R Street Institute’s new “Regulating Rail Technology” report:
- Allowing railroad regulation on matters of automation to progress alongside regulation of car and truck automation is vital to improving American infrastructure over time.
- Computer-based track inspection will improve train safety by allowing rails to be inspected more regularly without shutting down segments of track.
- The vitality of American commerce could be better protected if legislators affirm that federal regulators, not states, have sole authority to set minimum railroad staffing levels.
