Metro - File #: 2025-0611

• File #: 2025-0611
• Type: Oral Report / Presentation
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/21/2025
• In control: Measure M Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee
• On agenda: 9/10/2025
• 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, Construction, Environmental Impact Report, First/Last Mile, LA River Bike Path Gap Closure Project, Maintenance practices, Maps, Metro Active Transport (MAT) project, Operations and Maintenance, Oral Report / Presentation, Partnerships, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion

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MEASURE M INDEPENDENT TAXPAYER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: MEASURE M ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION UPDATES

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE ORAL REPORT

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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.

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EQUITY PLATFORM

The Measure M related activities for active transportation include two projects in the Measure M Expenditure Plan that will connect the bike path gaps along the Los Angeles River in the San Fernando Valley and in Central Los Angeles, as well as the Metro Active Transport, Transit and First/Last Mile (MAT) Program, a discretionary grant program guided by the priorities in the Active Transportation Strategic Plan (ATSP). Measure M also funds active transportation projects programmed by subregions through the Multiyear Subregional Program (MSP). In addition to funding these activities, Metro engages in First/Last Mile planning for communities to access existing and future major transit stops. Equity is built into Metro's approach to all of these activities.

The 2023 ATSP identified and prioritized a regional active transportation network based on criteria, including overlap with Equity Focus Communities (EFC). Projects in the ATSP regional network are eligible for MAT Program Cycle 2 funding. In addition to evaluating projects for investments in EFCs, MAT Cycle 2 project applications were evaluated based on factors including robust partnerships with Community Based Organizations (CBO) to ensure community engagement in project development. Project applications that were submitted for MAT Cycle 1 in 2020 were given bonus points for locations with...