File #: 2024-0038   
Type: Plan Status: Passed
File created: 1/17/2024 In control: Planning and Programming Committee
On agenda: 4/17/2024 Final action: 4/25/2024
Title: ADOPT the First/Last Mile (FLM) Plan for the Southeast Gateway Line (Attachment A).
Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
Indexes: Allison Yoh, Artesia, Audit, Bell, Bellflower, Bicycling, Budgeting, Cerritos, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Cudahy, Downey, First/Last Mile, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Grant Aid, Guidelines, Huntington Park, Maps, Metro Active Transport (MAT) project, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail C Line, Motion / Motion Response, Nonmotorized transportation, Paramount, Pedestrian safety, Pedestrians, Plan, Project, Safety, Sidewalks, South Gate, Technical Advisory Committee, Transportation modes, Union Station Gateway Improvement, Vernon, Walking, West Santa Ana Branch Corridor - Administration (Project), West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - First/Last Mile Plan for Southeast Gateway Line, 2. Attachment B - Supporting Docs- First/Last Mile Plan - Southeast Gateway Line, 3. Attachment C - Motion-Southeast LA Cultural Center Connectivity and Access, 4. Presentation
Related files: 2024-0351
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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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