What Was the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)? The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) formerly regulated the economics and services of specified carriers engaged in transportation between states ...

In 1887, Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, making the railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation. Legislators designed the law, which established a five-member enforcement ...

The Supreme Court for the third* time in recent months upheld the Transportation Act, generally known as the Esch-Cummins Railroad Law. The provision of the act in question was the so-called ...

The Interstate Commerce Commission, ordinarily a pretty lethargic outfit, loudly cried crisis a couple of weeks ago. There was such a severe shortage of plain railroad boxcars that the ICC felt it ...

From cramped seats to captive shippers to stranded cities, re-regulating airlines, rail, and trucking could revive America’s heartland. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media ...