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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
APRIL 17, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: FIRST/LAST MILE (FLM) PLAN FOR SOUTHEAST GATEWAY LINE TRANSIT CORRIDOR
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
ADOPT the First/Last Mile (FLM) Plan for the Southeast Gateway Line (Attachment A).
Issue
ISSUE
The Southeast Gateway Line FLM Plan ("Plan") was prepared in accordance with established Metro Board policies, including the FLM Guidelines and includes a prioritized project list of FLM improvements for the nine Southeast Gateway Line Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) stations: Slauson/A Line, Pacific/Randolph, Florence/Salt Lake, Firestone, Gardendale, 105/C Line, Paramount/Rosecrans, Bellflower, and Pioneer, in the Cities of Artesia, Cerritos, Bellflower, Paramount, Downey, South Gate, Cudahy, Bell, Huntington Park, Vernon, unincorporated Los Angeles County, and the City of Los Angeles. Adoption of the Plan by the Metro Board better positions FLM improvements for funding and implementation.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Plan includes a list of projects that improve safety, comfort, and access for pedestrians, bicyclists, and people using wheeled devices (including bicycles, scooters, and other modes of non-motorized wheeled transportation) to each of the nine Southeast Gateway Line stations. Pedestrian projects are identified within the half-mile radius around each station, and bicycle projects are identified within the three-mile radius around each station.
The Metro FLM methodology, described in the 2021 First/Last Mile Guidelines, was used as the basis for the development of this Plan. A summary of the planning steps are as follows:
* Existing Conditions Analysis
* Technical Walk Audits and Pathway Network Development
* Community Engagement
* Project Prioritization
* Draft and Final FLM Plan
The Plan includes the following core products, in addition to supporting documents that detail the planning process.
* Pathway Maps with Priori...
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