Ian Adams, a senior fellow with R Street Institute, is an insurance and public policy associate with Orrick, Harrington & Sutcliffe in Sacramento, California, where he specializes on matters at the intersection of law, business, and public policy.
By virtually any measure, America’s freight rail system is one of the best in the world. In fact, rail transports a full 40 percent of freight moved in the United States. But rogue federal regulators may change that. Since 1981, when a bipartisan congressional effort largely deregulated the nation’s freight rail providers, Americans have enjoyed…
