Metro - File #: 2019-0759

• File #: 2019-0759
• Type: Project
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 10/2/2019
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 11/20/2019
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Sepulveda Transit Corridor Feasibility Study.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Activity centers, Airport Metro Connector (AMC) Station Project, Alignment, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project, East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project, Equity Focus Communities, Expo/Bundy Station, Expo/Sepulveda Station, I-405, LAX/Metro Transit Center Station, Light rail transit, Long Range Transportation Plan, Los Angeles International Airport, Measure M, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Orange Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Metrolink, Outreach, Project, Rail transit, Ridership, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Santa Monica, Strategic planning, Travel time, Van Nuys, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector

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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: SEPULVEDA TRANSIT CORRIDOR FEASIBILITY STUDY

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Sepulveda Transit Corridor Feasibility Study.

Issue
ISSUE

On November 30, 2017, Metro awarded a contract to conduct a technical feasibility study of alternatives for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor (Project). The study was completed in November 2019 and is now available for Board consideration and to inform future phases of the Project.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project will provide an essential transportation link across the Santa Monica Mountains, connecting the heavy concentration of households in the San Fernando Valley with major employment and activity centers on the Westside, including the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

The Project is included in Metro's 2009 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and was accelerated by the Measure M expenditure plan approved in 2016. The Measure M Expenditure Plan identified funding for a transit project in the Sepulveda Corridor in two phases. The first phase, Valley-Westside, has $5.7 billion in identified funding and a target opening year of FY 2033. The second phase, Westside-LAX, has $3.8 billion in identified funding and a target opening year of FY 2057.

Figure 1 below shows the current Project status along the overall project development process. The Project concludes the early planning phase with the completion of the feasibility study.

Figure 1: Project Development Process - Current Status


Discussion
DISCUSSION

The Project Study Area encompasses approximately 60 square miles on both sides of the I-405 freeway and is split into the two phases identified in Measure M: Valley-Westside and Westside-LAX. More than 400,000 people pass through the Study Area every day to commute to work, school, and other destinations; yet, there are few travel options for...