By Daniel C. Vock,
Senior Reporter, Route Fifty
Eighteen states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case that could affect their ability to regulate railroad crossings and the amount of time freight trains can block local roads.
The attorneys general argued that the problem of trains blocking roadways has become worse, as railroads use longer and longer trains to increase efficiency. “Blocked grade crossings have serious—sometimes life-threatening—consequences for everyday Americans,” they wrote.