Metro - File #: 2026-0299

• File #: 2026-0299
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/10/2026
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 4/15/2026
• Title: APPROVE Motion by Padilla, Dutra, Bass, Horvath, Dupont-Walker, and Yaroslavsky that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to: A. Establish Van Nuys as a major regional transit hub connecting the G Line, the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project, and the Sepulveda Transit Corridor, recognizing that the G Line and ESFV designs are locked and that the Sepulveda Transit Corridor, particularly its Initial Operating Segment, represents the primary remaining opportunity to design for seamless, hub-quality transfers; B. Direct the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project team to incorporate Van Nuys transfer functions, consistent with Metro's 2018 Transfer Design Guidelines, as a core design requirement for the IOS, including intuitive wayfinding, accessible connections, safe and comfortable transfer environments, and a station area designed as a regional destination, and ensure this work is synchronized with the IOS design refinements currently underway so that hub-quality transfer ...
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
APRIL 15, 2026

Preamble
Motion by:

DIRECTORS PADILLA, DUTRA, BASS, HORVATH, DUPONT-WALKER, AND YAROSLAVSKY

Develop Well Designed Transfer Hub as Part of Sepulveda Transit Corridor Design Refinements Motion

Van Nuys sits at the convergence of three major regional transit investments at different stages of delivery: the G Line Bus Rapid Transit (under construction), the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project (final design and pre-construction), and the Sepulveda Transit Corridor (environmental review and early design). Together, these represent the most significant transit expansion the San Fernando Valley has seen in generations.

This convergence creates a rare opportunity to establish Van Nuys as a unified regional transit hub linking east-west and north-south travel. The window to act, however, is narrower than it appears.

The G Line is under construction. The East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project is deep enough into final design and pre-construction that meaningful changes to its station configuration are no longer practical. The design and construction plans for both projects are effectively locked. That reality shifts the full weight of this motion to the Sepulveda Transit Corridor, which remains in early design and environmental review. Sepulveda is the one project where transfer experience, station design, and hub connectivity can still be shaped from the ground up. Specifically, the Initial Operating Segment must be designed with Van Nuys transfer functions as a core requirement, not a future accommodation. Metro is currently advancing design refinements for the IOS, making this the critical moment to embed hub-quality transfer standards before those refinements are resolved.

Metro's 2018 Transfer Design Guidelines provide the framework: legible wayfinding, safe and comfortable transfer environments, accessible connections, and station areas that function as destinations. Those principles n...