Transit Commission v. Long Island Railroad

The public policy of the State of New York, as expressed in the Constitution and in statutes, is to abolish the grade crossings of steam railroads. The enormous increase in the amount of traffic upon the highways, due to the advent of the automobile, calls for some action in behalf of the public welfare to reduce the peril and the danger occasioned by the meeting of the tracks and the street. While realizing the necessity for a change, the people of this State also recognize that it would be impossible and impracticable for the railroads to reconstruct these crossings so as to run over or…