Any rail safety bill before Congress should be “rooted in data and pass the muster of cost-benefit analysis,” and should address specific problems, according to a letter signed by over 30 groups and individuals that traditionally support conservative or libertarian economic principles.
The legislation should remove items of debatable merit, such as requiring freight trains to have at least two crew members on board, said the Thursday letter, penned by the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the...
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