Revenue Adequacy Rhetoric Redux (Yawn) Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief It’s déjà vu all over again, and I’ve observed a lot by watching. Yes, ladies and gentlemen (present company included, I hope?), it’s time once again when we’ve come to that diverging approach on the railroad regulatory right-of-way called “revenue adequacy,” as defined by the Surface Transportation Board. Let’s take that turnout, even though no one, except perhaps railroad and shipper attorneys, goes there anymore, because it’s too crowded. So wye does it matter? On June 11, my inbox lit up with this subject line: “Rail Customers Call on STB to Reject Absurd Proposal to Prop Up Monopolies.”