File #: 2016-0442   
Type: Motion / Motion Response Status: Passed
File created: 5/13/2016 In control: Planning and Programming Committee
On agenda: 5/18/2016 Final action: 5/26/2016
Title: APPROVE Motion by Garcetti, Bonin, Kuehl, Solis, DuBois and Najarian that the Board adopt the Active Transportation Strategic Plan (Item 14); and, WE FURTHER MOVE that the Board direct the CEO to: A. Designate streets within the Active Transportation Strategic Plan's 661 transit station areas as the Countywide First-Last Mile Priority Network; B. To support regional and local transit ridership and facilitate build-out of the Countywide First-Last Mile Priority Network, including, but not limited to, ADA-compliant curb ramps, crosswalk upgrades, traffic signals, bus stops, carshare, bikeshare, bike parking, context-sensitive bike infrastructure (including Class IV and access points for Class I bike infrastructure), and signage/wayfinding: 1. Provide technical and grant writing support for local jurisdictions wishing to deliver First-Last Mile projects on the Countywide First-Last Mile Priority Network, including providing technical assistance and leadership to jurisdictions to help ...
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: 17th St/Santa Monica College Station, Active Transportation Strategic Plan, Americans With Disabilities Act, Ara Najarian, Arcadia, Bus traffic, Call For Projects, Claremont, Complete streets, Construction, Curbs, Diane DuBois, Duarte, Eric Garcetti, Expo/Bundy Station, First/Last Mile, Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B, Grant Aid, Hilda Solis, Long Range Transportation Plan, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Mike Bonin, Motion / Motion Response, Policy, Project, Ramps (Interchanges), Ridership, Shelia Kuehl, Strategic planning, Traffic signals, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2
Related files: 2016-0451, 2016-0108, 2019-0170
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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 18, 2016

Preamble
Motion by:

Directors Garcetti, Bonin, Kuehl, Solis, DuBois and Najarian

May 18, 2016

Item 14, File ID 2016-0108; First-Last Mile

According to MTA data, 76 percent of Metro Rail customers and 88 percent of Metro Bus customers arrive at their station or stop by walking, biking, or rolling. To support these customers, MTA staff prepared an Active Transportation Strategic Plan which contains many First-Last Mile improvements that will connect people to MTA's transit network and maximize the benefits from transit investments being made across Los Angeles County.

First-Last Mile elements include, but are not limited to, ADA-compliant curb ramps, crosswalk upgrades, traffic signals, bus stops, carshare, bikeshare, bike parking, context-sensitive bike infrastructure, and signage/wayfinding. The Federal Transit Administration considers First-Last Mile infrastructure to be essential to providing safe, convenient, and practical access to public transportation.

So far, MTA has taken important preliminary steps to implement First-Last Mile projects, including the award-winning 2014 Complete Streets Policy, the Wayfinding Signage Grant Pilot Program, providing carshare vehicles at Metro Rail stations, and pilot First-Last Mile infrastructure at Arcadia, Duarte, Expo/Bundy, and 17th Street/SMC stations.

However, more can be done to support First-Last Mile facilities across all of Los Angeles County.

MTA's award-winning Complete Streets Policy stated that MTA would approach every project as an opportunity to improve the transportation network for all users. However, in practice, there is a needlessly narrow approach to major transit projects that has resulted in many missed opportunities to deliver First-Last Mile elements.

Outside of major transit projects, it will typically not be MTA's role to deliver First-Last Mile projects that are the purview of local jurisdictions. However, MTA can take step...

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