File #: 2025-0141   
Type: Project Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/19/2025 In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
On agenda: 5/22/2025 Final action: 5/22/2025
Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING the proposed Metro Rail to River Active Transportation Corridor Segment B Project (Segment B) to be implemented in coordination with the Randolph Corridor Active Transportation (AT) Project being led by the City of Commerce; B. APPROVING the programming of $3.15 million from the Measure R Program for Segment B as an Initial Investment Priority identified in the Long Beach-East Los Angeles Corridor Mobility Investment Plan (LB-ELA CMIP) to local jurisdiction(s), including the City of Commerce and/or Bell; C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to enter into the necessary funding agreement and/or amend an existing funding agreement with local jurisdiction(s) to implement Segment B; and D. AUTHORIZING the CEO to file a Notice of Exemption (NOE) with the Los Angeles County Clerk and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research to fulfill the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements for a Categorical Exemption (CE). ...
Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
Indexes: Accessibility, Active Transportation Program, Alignment, Alternatives analysis, Bell, Bicycle lanes, Bicycling, Bikeways, Budget, Budgeting, Commerce, Construction, Curbs, East Los Angeles, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Grant Aid, Huntington Park, I-710, Intersections, Long Beach, Los Angeles River, Maywood, Metro Active Transport (MAT) project, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Motion / Motion Response, Multimodal, Nonmotorized transportation, Outreach, Partnerships, Pedestrian safety, Pedestrians, Program, Program Management, Project, Rail to Rail/River Active Transportation Corridor Project, Ramps (Interchanges), Safety, San Gabriel, Slauson Station, Strategic planning, Technical Advisory Committee, Union Pacific Railroad, Vehicle sharing, Vernon, Visibility, Walking
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Map of Segment B, 2. Presentation
Meeting_Body
REVISED
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 14, 2025
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MAY 15, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: RAIL TO RIVER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR SEGMENT B

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING the proposed Metro Rail to River Active Transportation Corridor Segment B Project (Segment B) to be implemented in coordination with the Randolph Corridor Active Transportation (AT) Project being led by the City of Commerce;

B. APPROVING the programming of $3.15 million from the Measure R Program for Segment B as an Initial Investment Priority identified in the Long Beach-East Los Angeles Corridor Mobility Investment Plan (LB-ELA CMIP) to local jurisdiction(s), including the City of Commerce and/or Bell;

C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to enter into the necessary funding agreement and/or amend an existing funding agreement with local jurisdiction(s) to implement Segment B; and

D. AUTHORIZING the CEO to file a Notice of Exemption (NOE) with the Los Angeles County Clerk and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research to fulfill the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements for a Categorical Exemption (CE).

AMENDMENT BY DUTRA, HAHN, MITCHELL, AND SOLIS:

E. Seamless Transition from Segment A to Metro A Line Slauson Station to Segment B:

1. Coordinate with the project sponsors to evaluate the feasibility of extending Segment A east past Long Beach Ave. to Santa Fe Ave. for a more seamless connection to the Metro Slauson A Line Station and Segment B starting on Randolph Street;

2. Coordinate with the County of Los Angeles to enhance the connection within their jurisdiction between Segment A and Segment B that includes, but is not limited to:

a. Improved railroad tracks and pavement infrastructure for cyclists to cross safely at the intersection of Randolph and Holmes;

b. Improved bikeway intersection design at Randolph a...

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