THE ACTUAL CONDITION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RAILBANKING PROGRAM IN THE CONVERSION OF FORMER RAIL CORRIDORS TO TRAILS —THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE CONSENSUS BUILDING TOWARD THE REUSE OF THE HIGH LINE—

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  • 鉄道跡地の遊歩道利用におけるレールバンク制度の運用と有効性―ハイラインにおける合意形成の制度的枠組み―
  • THE ACTUAL CONDITION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RAILBANKING PROGRAM IN THE CONVERSION OF FORMER RAIL CORRIDORS TO TRAILS ^|^mdash;THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE CONSENSUS BUILDING TOWARD THE REUSE OF THE HIGH LINE^|^mdash;

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 In this paper, we focused on the reuse project of the High Line, a former railroad viaduct converted into a public open space in New York City. We addressed the acquisition process of the High Line by the City of New York, and the role that a federal program called “railbanking” played. With regard to actual issues concerning procedures and the effectiveness of railbanking in the context of reuse, we demonstrate that: (1) While owners of the land under or adjacent to the High Line proposed its abandonment to the federal government and opposed its reuse, the city filed a trail use request for railbanking the High Line with the government. This switched the focus of the arguments. Thus, the city was offered the opportunity to negotiate and come to a consensus with the landowners. (2) As a result of the legal rules surrounding railbanking, the High Line has been positioned as a trail, and as such, acts as a traffic route. Therefore, the city had the advantage of obtaining federal transportation grants. Furthermore, the city established a contractual agreement with a railroad to ease design conditions in exchange for financially supporting the restoration of a future rail service on the High Line. This has enabled this creative design to move forward.

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