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Type:
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Project
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Status:
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Consent Calendar
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On agenda:
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5/27/2021
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Final action:
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5/27/2021
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Title:
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CONSIDER:
A. APPROVING the Proposed Project with recommended refinements for the North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project; and
B. APPROVING the Project's Title VI Service Equity Analysis in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Indexes:
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Alignment, Alternatives Analysis study approved by the Board, Arroyo Verdugo subregion, Began Draft Environmental Impact Statement / Report, Bicycle lanes, Bicycling, Brt Connector Red/Orange Line To Gold Line (Project), Budgeting, Burbank, Burbank-Glendale-Los Angeles Corridor, Bus rapid transit, Bus traffic, California Environmental Quality Act, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Curbs, Eagle Rock, Environmental Impact Report, General purpose lanes, Glendale, Interchanges, Intersections, Landscaping, Maps, Measure M, Median lanes, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Metrolink, Metrolink Antelope Valley Line, Metrolink Ventura County Line, Minorities, North Hollywood, North Hollywood Station, North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor, Outreach, Pasadena, Pedestrians, Plan, Project, Race, Safety, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, San Gabriel, South Bay Cities subregion, SR-134, Strategic planning, Title VI Requirements, Transit buses, Travel time, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector
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Meeting_Body PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE MAY 19, 2021 Subject SUBJECT: NORTH HOLLYWOOD TO PASADENA BUS RAPID TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT Action ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS Heading RECOMMENDATION Title CONSIDER: A. APPROVING the Proposed Project with recommended refinements for the North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project; and B. APPROVING the Project's Title VI Service Equity Analysis in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Issue ISSUE The North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor Project (Project) proposes to connect the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys through one of the region's largest commuter sheds that currently lacks a premium transit service. Transit currently accounts for only 2% of the 700,000 daily trips entering the corridor. Despite the presence of Metro Rail connections at both ends of the corridor, only a third of all trips currently travel the entire corridor from one end to the other. Metro is the lead agency for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the North Hollywood to Pasadena BRT Corridor Project. Metro, in coordination with the cities of Los Angeles, Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena, completed an environmental analysis for the Draft EIR in October 2020. Following the Public Review period for the Draft EIR, staff worked with stakeholders on proposed refinements to the Project in key locations. In Burbank, refinements include a minor reroute of service, relocating a previously proposed station on West Olive Avenue, and recommending an optional station as part of the Proposed Project. In Glendale, an optional station is recommended as part of the Proposed Project and bike lane improvements on Glenoaks Boulevard, currently being studied by the City, will be further coordinated and integrated with the Project. In Eagle Rock, the primary change for the Proposed Project is with the bus lane configuratio... Click here for full text
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