File #: 2020-0887   
Type: Informational Report Status: Filed
File created: 1/7/2021 In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
On agenda: 2/18/2021 Final action: 2/18/2021
Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the status report in response to Motion 24.1 entitled Regional Connector Operations (October 2020). This update provides details regarding the work by Metro and its efforts to coordinate with Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to develop a work program to improve travel time and reliability in preparation for the opening of Metro's Regional Connector project.
Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
Indexes: 103rd Street/Watts Towers Station, 7th Street/Metro Center Station, APU/Citrus College Station, Blue Line Improvement, Board approved a Motion, Central Los Angeles subregion, Chinatown Station, City of Los Angeles, Downtown Long Beach Station, Eric Garcetti, Expo Park/USC Station, Expo/Bundy Station, Expo/Crenshaw Station, Expo/La Brea Station, Expo/Sepulveda Station, Expo/Vermont Station, Expo/Western Station, Farmdale Station, Grand Ave Arts/Bunker Hill Station, Grand/LATTC Station, Heritage Square Station, Highland Park Station, Historic Broadway Station, Informational Report, Intersections, Jefferson/USC Station, La Cienega/Jefferson Station, LADOT Transit, LATTC/Ortho Institute Station, Light rail transit, Lincoln/Cypress Station, Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, Long Beach, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Motion / Motion Response, Outreach, Palms Station, Peak periods, Pico Station, Project, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Safety, San Fernando Valley subregion, San Pedro Street Station, Santa Monica, Security, Senate Bill 504, South Bay Cities subregion, Southwest Museum Station, Station 0702, Station 0704, Station 0722, Station 1001, Station 1003, Station 1015, Strategic planning, Traffic signals, Transit traffic, Travel time, Vernon Station, Washington Station, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector, Westwood/Racho Park Station, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Motion 24.1
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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: MOTION 24.1: REGIONAL CONNECTOR OPERATIONS UPDATE

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

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RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the status report in response to Motion 24.1 entitled Regional Connector Operations (October 2020). This update provides details regarding the work by Metro and its efforts to coordinate with Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to develop a work program to improve travel time and reliability in preparation for the opening of Metro's Regional Connector project.

Issue
ISSUE

In October 2020, the Board approved Motion 24.1 entitled Regional Connector Operations as part of the anticipated opening of the Regional Connector in 2022. This motion requests the following:
A. Evaluate all three lines A (Blue), E (Expo), and L (Gold) - for locations that most frequently cause delays and/or require schedule padding because of reliability issues; and identify mechanisms to mitigate the identified challenges, including estimates;
B. Expand the work of the E Line (Expo) collaboration with LADOT to include the A Line (Blue) street-running segments in the City of Los Angeles to achieve at least an average of 90% intersection rate;
C. Further evaluate and provide preliminary cost estimates for the three alternatives, as discussed in the July 2017 receive and file report, to address delays at the Washington/Flower Wye;
D. Identify additional measures that can be undertaken to further reduce the travel time on the A Line (Blue) between Downtown Long Beach Station and 7th Street/Metro Center, in order to achieve the 10-minute reduction commitment;
E. Identify up to $30 million in funds eligible for the proposed improvements identified in the above four items, including outreach and engineering for project development; and
F. Report back on all of the above-identified items by January 2021.

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