and does the State PUCO or Surface Transportaion Board have to take the Publics Objections into consideration? are some of the Old ICC rules still in effect?
pushing this up to top of list, cause I want my train saved
Even under the old rules, the state commissions had no authority if the train in question crossed a state line and was in interstate commerce. Amtrak was exempted from the old ICC procedures under the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1971. I don’t know if the various state commissions have any authority over the suburban rail operations within their states.
I don’t think the commuter agencies have any public oversight other than their own board - which is a public agency itself. So, oversight by another public agency would be redundant, I suppose.
I can remember SEPTA changing routes on their own. They would often announce and hold public informational meetings, but no outside agency had oversight.
maybe there is some law out there that is still on the books that needs to be dusted off…