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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by PNWRMNM Dave, You are the advocate for open access. Tell us why and how. Mac [/quote] The "why" is easy: To ensure all rail shippers have access to competitive rates is the primary reason. Other reasons include optimizing functionality of disparately used parallel right of ways of different companies, enabling the states and the feds to add to the current rail grid in the same vein as waterways and highways, enabling the states and the feds to share in maintenance of rail corridors they see as key to their economic interests (without unfairly propping up sole use proprietary lines), allowing a dynamic in which private rail passenger services can be tried out and possibly prosper, and ultimately increasing rail's base ton/mile share of intercity freight via an expanding (not shrinking) right of way. In short, we need to correct the shortcomings of the partial deregulation known as the Staggers Act, in which rail companies were allowed to expand rate parameters, but captive shippers were not. The "how" needs a little more definition. Which model do you want to start with? Government takeover? separation into private infrastructure and rolling stock companies? Public-private consortium? Partial open access or full open access? Pick one and we'll explore it.
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