Metro - File #: 2017-0576

• File #: 2017-0576
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/16/2017
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 9/20/2017
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE final report on the El Monte, Rio Hondo, and Montebello/Commerce Metrolink Station Location Feasibility Studies
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Active Transportation Program, Aerial Structure, Alhambra, Alignment, Bicycle lanes, Bicycling, Bikeways, Commerce, Double track, El Monte, First/Last Mile, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Hubs, Informational Report, Local Returns, Long range planning, Long Range Transportation Plan, Los Angeles Union Station, Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, Measure M, Metro Bike Hub, Metro Busway J Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Silver Line, Metrolink, Metrolink Orange County Line, Metrolink Riverside Line, Metrolink San Bernardino Line, Mitigation, Montebello, Multimodal, Property acquisition, Ridership, Sidewalks, Subdivisions, Surveys, Terminal 19, Transit buses, Travel time, Union Pacific Railroad, Vehicle sharing, Whittier

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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
September 20, 2017

Subject
SUBJECT: El MONTE, RIO HONDO, AND MONTEBELLO/COMMERCE METROLINK STATION LOCATION FEASIBILITY STUDIES FINAL REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE final report on the El Monte, Rio Hondo, and Montebello/Commerce Metrolink Station Location Feasibility Studies

Issue
ISSUE
At the May 2016 Board meeting, the Metro Board of Directors approved funding for feasibility studies to evaluate:

1. Relocating the El Monte Metrolink station to be closer to the El Monte Bus Transit Station to consolidate transit services in one location and create a multimodal hub;
2. Creating a new Metrolink station at the base of Rio Hondo College to serve the Whittier Narrows area;
3. Relocating the Montebello/Commerce station to be closer to the Citadel Outlets area due to expected growth in the area.

The feasibility studies have been completed, and the results are herein presented (Attachment A - Feasibility Studies Executive Summaries).

Discussion
DISCUSSION
Staff engaged a consultant, Mott MacDonald, to conduct the Station Location Feasibility studies. The goal of the feasibility studies was to identify and analyze:

1. Potential sites for relocating the El Monte and Montebello/Commerce station, and potential sites for a new Rio Hondo College station
2. Opportunities to maximize rail-to-bus connectivity and improve First/Last mile connectivity
3. Potential ridership gains and potential cost estimates


El Monte Station

The existing El Monte Metrolink Station is located approximately one mile from the Metro El Monte Bus Transit Station with no direct connections between the rail and bus services. Improving connectivity between the Metrolink station and the El Monte Bus Transit Station could consolidate two major transit services and provide a multimodal transit station with connectivity to rail, bus, and bicycle facilities.

Two alternatives were analy...