Metro - File #: 2022-0416

• File #: 2022-0416
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 6/16/2022
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 8/25/2022
• Final action: 8/25/2022
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE status report on Vermont Transit Corridor Project's Community-Based Partnership Program.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Athens, Board approved a Motion, Bus rapid transit, Business districts, Business Improvement District, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, Exposition Park, Gateway Cities subregion, Housing, Informational Report, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, Koreatown, Light rail transit, Metro Busway J Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Motion / Motion Response, Outreach, Partnerships, Program, Project, Public opinion, Rail transit, Rampart Village, Request For Proposal, Ridership, Safety, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, Strategic planning, Surveys, Third rail, Transit buses, Vermont Avenue Transit Corridor, West Athens, Westmont, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector
• Related files: 2022-0653

Date	Action By	Action	Result
8/25/2022	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
AUGUST 25, 2022


Subject
SUBJECT: VERMONT TRANSIT CORRIDOR

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status report on Vermont Transit Corridor Project's Community-Based Partnership Program.


Issue
ISSUE

In Fall 2021, Metro staff implemented a Community-Based Partnership Program (CPP) to inform the next phase of planning for the Vermont Transit Corridor. The CPP included various activities that focused on gathering quantitative and qualitative data that would be used to develop a proposed project for the Vermont Transit Corridor. Through the CPP, Metro sought to allow stakeholders an opportunity to provide important insights into the challenges and opportunities facing the communities in the area and can help improve Metro's ability to communicate and connect with a wide range of community members. The CPP was designed utilizing Metro's Community-Based Partnering Strategy. The CPP:

A. Provided stakeholders who live, work, play, study and/or worship along Vermont with an opportunity to express their thoughts about possible transit improvements they envision.

B. Ensured that Metro staff received comments from a diverse group of stakeholders who do not often participate in helping shape their community; and

C. Informed a planning approach that considers short-term, medium-term, and long-term transit improvements for the Vermont Transit Corridor.




Background
BACKGROUND

The study area for the Vermont Transit Corridor extends approximately 12.4 miles from Hollywood Boulevard in the north to 120th Street in the south (Attachment A). It is the busiest north-south travel corridor in the entire Metro bus system with about 45,000 daily boardings pre-COVID, connecting the B and D Lines (Red and Purple), the E Line (Expo) and C Line (Green), various east-west bus lines as well as many key activity centers, including educational, cultural, medical, governmental, and faith-based ...