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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JANUARY 19, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: END OF LINE POLICY MOTION RESPONSE
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE a status report on the End of Line Policy evaluation.
Issue
ISSUE
On October 27, 2022, the Metro Board approved Motion #20 by Directors Hahn, Najarian, Solis, Barger, Dutra, and Krekorian (Attachment A) to:
A. Evaluate Metro's End of Line policy and its impacts on communities that have a station that is the end of a Metro rail line;
B. Conduct a thorough evaluation of the unhoused populations exiting trains at night and boarding trains in the morning at the ends of rail lines to better understand the impact of the End of Line policy and to inform future resource deployment;
C. Coordinate with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) for its annual Point-In-Time Count to determine the numbers of unhoused riders on Metro's bus and rail system; and
D. Report back on the above three directives no later than January 2023 with recommendations on what we can do differently.
The following report serves to provide a status update on the evaluation of the End of Line Policy.
Background
BACKGROUND
The homelessness crisis continues to challenge communities nationwide, including their respective transit agencies. As ridership fell during the pandemic, there was a noticeable increase in people experiencing homelessness (PEH) seeking shelter on the Metro system. While transit vehicles and stations are not designed to be used as a shelter or viewed as an encampment, the system provides refuge from the cold weather during the winter and the heat in the summer. Metro's primary role is that of a transit operator, not a homeless service provider, yet the magnitude of the crisis requires all hands on deck.
Metro customers are concerned about homelessness on the system. We have heard from our customers through various channels, surveys, social media, cu...
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