Metro - File #: 2020-0781

• File #: 2020-0781
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/13/2020
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 12/3/2020
• Final action: 12/3/2020
• Title: APPROVE Motion by Directors Hahn, Garcetti, Solis, Butts, and Bonin that the Board direct the CEO to: A. Meet with the County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, and neighboring transit agencies to discuss potential private property, joint-use, and public right of way opportunities for charging stations that could serve the Harbor Area, beginning with the Silver Line B. Provide recommendations on how to fully electrify the Silver Line in the Zero Emission Bus Implementation Master Plan due before the Board in Spring of 2021 C. Continue Silver Line service to San Pedro until the Board discusses and chooses a recommendation on how to move forward
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: City of Los Angeles, Cleaning, Downtown Los Angeles, Electrification, Eric Garcetti, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Harbor Gateway, Harbor Transitway, Hilda Solis, I-110, James Butts, Janice Hahn, Location 0075, Long Beach, Metro Busway J Line, Mike Bonin, Motion / Motion Response, Partnerships, Plan, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Ridership, Rolling stock, San Pedro, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, Transit centers, Trucking, Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan, Zero Emissions

Date	Action By	Action	Result
12/3/2020	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
11/18/2020	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Preamble


Motion by:

DIRECTORS HAHN, GARCETTI, SOLIS, BUTTS, AND BONIN

Electrification of the Silver Line and Metro's Fleet

Over the last few years, the Board has aggressively pursued many strategies that will require Metro to do their part to tackle climate change. One of them is to convert Metro's bus fleet to Zero Emission Buses by 2030, as was directed by the Board in April of 2016.

In October of 2016, the Board also directed Metro to develop an implementation plan for the electrification of the Orange Line by 2020, and to report back on the feasibility of electrifying the Silver Line. A year later in October of 2017, the Board approved a Strategic Plan for Metro's Transition to Zero Emission Buses. Metro is currently developing a Zero Emission Bus Implementation Master Plan, which anticipates replacing Metro's aging bus fleet at a rate of 200 buses per year, completing the Metro Orange Line transition to Zero Emissions by 2020, and transitioning the Silver Line by approximately 2021.

In December 2015, Metro extended the Silver Line to San Pedro via existing Harbor Freeway transitway stations south of Harbor Gateway Transit Center. This service delivered a valuable direct connection between Harbor communities and Downtown Los Angeles and provided enhanced Silver Line frequency north of Harbor Gateway.

Last month, the Board approved the NextGen Bus Plan, which would terminate the Silver Line at the Harbor Gateway Transit Center, effectively undoing the December 2015 San Pedro extension. This service change is planned to go into effect in December 2021. While there is plenty of ridership on the San Pedro segment, Metro cited operational constraints due to the lack of Metro-owned land for charging stations and battery range limitations as the reason for this future service change. Metro also disclosed that the forthcoming Zero Emission Bus Implementation Master Plan currently only conside...