Metro - File #: 2023-0220

• File #: 2023-0220
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 3/22/2023
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 4/20/2023
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the NextGen Speed & Reliability Program Update.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: All Door Boarding, Blue Line Improvement, Board approved a Motion, Bus Speed Improvements, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Florence, Hilda Solis, Informational Report, Karen Bass, Kathryn Barger, LADOT Transit, Light rail transit, Metro Rail A Line, Motion / Motion Response, NextGen Bus Study, Olympic games, Parking violations, Partnerships, Paul Krekorian, Pico Station, Plan, Program, Request For Proposal, Ridership, Safety, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, Strategic planning, Surveys, Switches (Electricity), Switches (Railroads), Switching, Traffic signals, Transit buses, Travel time, Westside Cities subregion, Zoning

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
APRIL 20, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: NEXTGEN SPEED & RELIABILITY PROGRAM UPDATE


Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the NextGen Speed & Reliability Program Update.

Issue
ISSUE

The NextGen Bus Plan is a reimagining of the Metro bus system. It includes a redesign of the bus route network and a capital program to improve the speed and reliability of the network. As of March 31, 2023, 31 miles of bus priority lanes are operational, increasing speed and reliability by up to 15%. Another 64 miles of bus priority lanes are in the planning stage. A Line (Blue) travel corridor time has been reduced by 15%. This report provides an update on the NextGen Speed and Reliability Program initiatives, including bus priority lanes, camera enforcement, and transit signal priority improvements.


Background
BACKGROUND

The NextGen Bus Plan was initiated in 2018 and approved by the Metro Service Councils in September 2020 followed by Metro Board adoption in October 2020. A key part of the plan was to establish a fast, frequent, and reliable network of bus services capable of competing effectively in the overall market for travel to grow Metro bus ridership. This network was largely implemented between December 2020 and December 2021.

As part of NextGen, a Bus Speed and Reliability Program, focused on quick-build, tactical transit engineering, was established to accelerate design and implementation of initiatives to improve the speed and reliability of the bus system. These approaches can also be applied to street-running rail operations, resulting in operational improvements for Metro's light rail system as well.

In July 2018, the Board adopted Motion 38.1 (Attachment A) by Garcetti, Kuehl, Bonin and Garcia as amended by Barger, endorsing travel speed, service frequency, and system reliability as the highest priority service des...