Metro - File #: 2025-0902

• File #: 2025-0902
• Type: Oral Report / Presentation
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 10/7/2025
• In control: Measure M Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee
• On agenda: 12/3/2025
• Title: RECEIVE oral report on Measure M Active Transportation, programmed revenues, and uses to support discussion on the effective and efficient use of funds.
• Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
• Indexes: Active Transportation Program, Active Transportation Strategic Plan, Bids, Bikeways, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Curbs, Environmental Impact Report, First/Last Mile, Funding plan, Grant Aid, LA River Path Project, Los Angeles River, Maintenance practices, Maps, Measure M, Metro Active Transport (MAT) project, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Olympic games, Operations and Maintenance, Oral Report / Presentation, Plan, Program, Project, Request For Proposal, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, Westside Cities subregion

Meeting_Body
MEASURE M INDEPENDENT TAXPAYER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
DECEMBER 3, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: MEASURE M ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION UPDATES

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE ORAL REPORT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE oral report on Measure M Active Transportation, programmed revenues, and uses to support discussion on the effective and efficient use of funds.

Issue
ISSUE

To support the discussion for the effective and efficient use of funds, this quarterly presentation provides the committee with the status of Metro active transportation activities related to Measure M projects including the LA River Waterway & System Bike Path and the Metro Active Transport (MAT) Program.

At the September meeting, the MMITOC requested an update on the funding plan and bid strategy for the Los Angeles River Bike Path - San Fernando Valley (LA River Path - SFV) project, which is managed by the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering (LABOE). The LA River Path - SFV is included in the Measure M Expenditure Plan, as line item 14.

Metro staff have explored questions raised by MMITOC, which inquired into how LABOE intends to deliver the project, given the original bids that came in higher than expected.

Through discussions with LABOE, Metro staff understand the following:
* In preparing to rebid the construction of Segments 1 & 2, LABOE is attempting to reduce the cost of the project by a) conducting extensive contractor outreach to increase interest in the project, b) revising the schedule of values to remove areas of uncertainty and risk that were present in the original scope, and c) considering alternatives that would defer the completion of certain undercrossings to a subsequent project phase, enabling a more expedited project timeline while still completing a fully connected path.
* LABOE anticipates that these measures will enhance competitiveness, mitigate risks, and alleviate time constraints, collectively contributing to a reduction in project costs.
* The Ex...