Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-102
§28503 Surface Transportation Board Mediation of Rights-of-way Use Requests
Title 49 › SUBTITLE V — RAIL PROGRAMS › PART E — MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 285 — COMMUTER RAIL MEDIATION › § 28503
Summary
After reasonable talks fail, a transit agency or a railroad may ask the Board for nonbinding mediation. The Board must run that mediation using the rules in 49 C.F.R. §1109.4 as they were on the day the law was passed.
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Title 49, §28503
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If, after a reasonable period of negotiation, a public transportation authority cannot reach agreement with a rail carrier to acquire an interest in a railroad right-of-way for the construction and operation of a segregated fixed guideway facility to provide commuter rail passenger transportation, the public transportation authority or the rail carrier may apply to the Board for nonbinding mediation. The Board shall conduct the nonbinding mediation in accordance with the mediation process of section 1109.4 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this section.
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The date of enactment of this section, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–432, which was approved Oct. 16, 2008.
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49 U.S.C. § 28503
Title 49, Transportation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102