Metro - File #: 2020-0613

• File #: 2020-0613
• Type: Plan
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/2/2020
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 10/22/2020
• Final action: 10/22/2020
• Title: APPROVE Alternative A (Long Beach - APU/Citrus College and Santa Monica - Atlantic) as the opening day service plan for Regional Connector.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: 7th Street/Metro Center Station, Alternatives analysis, Budgeting, Construction, Customer service, Distributions (Statistics), Downtown Los Angeles, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Light rail transit, Link Union Station, Little Tokyo, Long Beach, Los Angeles Union Station, Metro Divisions, Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail L Line, Operation LA Metro Homeless Outreach, Outreach, Plan, Project, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Revenue Service, Santa Monica, Station 1003, Station 937, Station 951, Third rail, Transfers, Travel patterns, Travel time, Trip distribution, Westside/Central Service Sector
• Related files: 2020-0786

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/22/2020	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
10/15/2020	Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 15, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: REGIONAL CONNECTOR SERVICE PLAN

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
APPROVE Alternative A (Long Beach - APU/Citrus College and Santa Monica - Atlantic) as the opening day service plan for Regional Connector.

Issue
ISSUE

The Regional Connector is anticipated to open in the Summer of 2022. This project will connect the A Line (Blue), E Line (Expo) and L Line (Gold) into one integrated light rail network with all trains serving three new stations through downtown LA. The service plan described in the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) of the 2012 Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) described trains routed through downtown LA in a North/South and East/West configuration connecting Long Beach to APU/Citrus College and beyond and Santa Monica to Atlantic and beyond. This service plan has been referenced in public outreach and engagement through the EIS/EIR stage of the project as well as during construction. The Board action recommended in this report seeks to validate and approve the LPA as the service plan for operations starting opening day of the Regional Connector.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

The Regional Connector Transit Project is a 1.9 mile Light Rail Transit extension that will connect the A Line (Blue) and E Line (Expo) with the L Line (Gold) through downtown LA. By connecting the three rail lines together, the L Line (Gold) would be severed at Little Tokyo Station. However, all lines will run through downtown LA and serve three new stations at:

* Little Tokyo/Arts District Station - 1st St/Central Av
* Historic Broadway Station - 2nd St/Broadway
* Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station - 2nd Pl/Hope St

In addition, Regional Connector provides the opportunity to connect the A Line (Blue) and E Line (Expo) with L Line (Gold) giving customers direct service through downtown LA. Th...