Metro - File #: 2025-0175

• File #: 2025-0175
• Type: Plan
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 2/26/2025
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 5/15/2025
• Title: ADOPT the staff recommendation for the official and operational station name for the City of Beverly Hills station on Metro Rail's Purple (D Line) Extension Section 2: * Official Station Name - Beverly Dr * Operational Station Name - Beverly Dr
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Beverly Hills, Budgeting, Construction, Contractors, Metro Rail D Line, Plan, Policy, Project, Westside Cities subregion, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2, Westside/Central Service Sector, Wilshire/Rodeo Station

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MAY 15, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: RAIL STATION NAME FOR WESTSIDE PURPLE (D LINE) EXTENSION, SECTION 2 (CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS)

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
ADOPT the staff recommendation for the official and operational station name for the City of Beverly Hills station on Metro Rail's Purple (D Line) Extension Section 2:
* Official Station Name - Beverly Dr
* Operational Station Name - Beverly Dr

Issue
ISSUE

Metro is procuring signage and other permanent station identification materials for the Westside Purple (D Line) Extension Project, Section 2 station. As construction is fully underway, an official and operational station name that is consistent with Metro's Property Naming Policy needs to be adopted by the Board to enable Metro's contractor to produce wayfinding and station signage for the new station.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Board-approved Property Naming Policy revised in 2017 states that rail stations will be named in a simple and straightforward way to assist customers in navigating the system and the region. The policy states that names must be brief enough for quick recognition and retention, and must be based primarily on geographic location, referring to a nearby street or freeway, a well-known destination or landmark, a community or district name, or a city name. The policy also states that single names for stations are preferable, and that if multiple names are used, they are to be separated by a slash.

The policy further indicates that properties may have a Board-adopted official name and a shorter operational name; the official name is used in Board documents and legal notices, while the operational name may be used more commonly in signage and customer materials.

In 2018, Metro and the City of Beverly Hills reached a settlement agreement on several outstanding issues related to Purple (D) Line Extension Project Section 2 construction. The se...