(a) The authority may acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use right-of-way, rail lines, bus lines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals, and any and all other facilities, equipment, and infrastructure necessary and convenient to provide intermodal transportation services, together with all physical structures necessary or convenient for the access of persons and vehicles thereto.
(b) The authority or districts may acquire any interest in, or rights to, the joint use of any or all of the things listed in subdivision (a). However, installations in any street, road, or other property devoted to a public use shall be subject to consent of the governing body in charge of that public use.