  We study the transverse geometric behavior of 2-dimensional foliations in
3-manifolds. We show that an R-covered transversely orientable foliation with
Gromov hyperbolic leaves in a closed 3-manifold admits a regulating, transverse
pseudo-Anosov flow (in the appropriate sense) in each atoroidal piece of the
manifold. The flow is a blow of a one prong pseudo-Anosov flow. In addition we
show that there is a regulating flow for the whole foliation. We also determine
how deck transformations act on the universal circle of the foliation.
