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Mac, I am not sure I understand what you mean by the report not being a serious proposal.  On page 13-15, they seem to indicate that such tort reform would almost be essential.  In other places in the report, they say that cost reduction cannot go forward without relieving the railroads from liability.  Indeed it is the liability that has inflated the cost, according to the report.  So as far as a proposal goes, it seems to me that report is making one.  It must be serious, or else why else would they make it?  Whether such a proposal has any serious chance of going anywhere, I don’t know.  Maybe that is what you mean by serious proposal.   I don’t see it as an easy change to make.  And, while the proposal to nationalize grade crossings would end the problem for the railroads, the carnage would continue.  Although it should reduce as more passive crossings are signalized due to new funding resulting from cost reducing crossing protection systems.
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