Metro - File #: 2023-0513

• File #: 2023-0513
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/1/2023
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 9/21/2023
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the NextGen Speed and Reliability Program Update.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Beverly Hills, Board approved a Motion, Bus Speed Improvements, California Transportation Commission, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Construction, East Los Angeles, Florence, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Grant Aid, Hilda Solis, Informational Report, Karen Bass, Kathryn Barger, Long Beach, Maps, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail C Line, Motion / Motion Response, NextGen Bus Study, Off peak periods, Partnerships, Paul Krekorian, Peak periods, Plan, Program, Purchasing, Ridership, Safety, San Fernando Valley subregion, Santa Monica, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, Strategic planning, Transit buses, Transit operators, Travel time, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector
• Related files: 2018-0414, 2019-0572

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: NEXTGEN SPEED & RELIABILITY PROGRAM UPDATE


Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the NextGen Speed and Reliability Program Update.

Issue
ISSUE

The NextGen Bus Plan is a reimagining of the Metro bus system. It includes a redesign of the bus route network and a capital program to improve the speed and reliability of the network. This report provides an update on the NextGen Speed and Reliability Program initiatives, including bus priority lanes, recently awarded grant funding, and all door boarding improvements.

Background
BACKGROUND

The NextGen Bus Plan was initiated in 2018 and approved by the Metro Service Councils in September 2020 followed by Metro Board adoption in October 2020. A key part of the plan was to establish a fast, frequent, and reliable network of bus services capable of competing effectively in the overall market for travel to grow Metro bus ridership. This network was largely implemented between December 2020 and December 2021.

As part of NextGen, a Bus Speed and Reliability Program, was established to accelerate design and implementation of initiatives to improve the speed and reliability of the bus system, focused on quick-build, tactical transit engineering. These approaches can also be applied to street-running rail operations, resulting in operational improvements for Metro's light rail system as well.

In July 2018, the Board adopted Motion 38.1 (Attachment A) by Garcetti, Kuehl, Bonin, and Garcia, as amended by Barger, endorsing travel speed, service frequency, and system reliability as the highest priority service design objectives for the NextGen Bus Study. These objectives were incorporated into the NextGen Regional Service Concept approved by the Board in July 2019. This provided the framework for restructuring Metro's bus routes and schedu...