Metro - File #: 2017-0853

• File #: 2017-0853
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 12/20/2017
• In control: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• On agenda: 4/12/2018
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE report on the proposed Warner Center Service Improvement Plan.
• Indexes: Activity centers, Alignment 1126, Board approved a Motion, Bus rapid transit, Hubs, Informational Report, Las Virgenes/Malibu subregion, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Orange Line, Metro Rail A Line, Motion / Motion Response, Plan, Ridership, Security, Station 1125, Station 1127, Station 1135, Terminals (Communications), Topanga, Transfers, Transit centers, Transit Oriented Development, Travel time, Warner Center, Westside/Central Service Sector

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SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
APRIL 12, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: WARNER CENTER SERVICE IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE report on the proposed Warner Center Service Improvement Plan.

Issue
ISSUE
The Orange Line currently provides service to a station in Warner Center at Owensmouth Av and Oxnard St by exiting the Right of Way at Canoga Station onto City streets. The Metro Board approved a motion to electrify the Orange Line by 2020. As a result, there is a need to keep the Orange Line on the Right of Way to allow for charging of the electric buses, which would remove service from Canoga Station to Warner Center. As a result, access between Warner Center and the Orange Line will be provided by a new Circulator operating every 10 minutes to and from the Canoga Station. The Circulator will improve access to the Orange Line by connecting to more destinations with 10 new additional stops. Local buses will also be routed to the Canoga Station to maintain transfers with the Orange Line. This set of service changes will be accomplished at no additional cost by streamlining existing local routes for faster and more direct service, and from removing Orange Line service through Warner Center.

Discussion
DISCUSSION
There are a number of initiatives that are currently being implemented on the Orange Line and within Warner Center that warrant a comprehensive review of transit service in the area, including:
1) Orange Line Electric Bus Conversion - In October 2016, the Metro Board approved a motion to electrify the Orange Line by 2020. The current technology requires "in-line" charging of the buses to ensure adequate electricity is onboard to provide the scheduled service. At this time, charging stations can only be placed on Metro owned property, so the existing Warner Center Transit Hub on Owensmouth Av cannot accommodate this requirement. Therefore, a new War...