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    Item 2018-0246

    Orange Line BRT Improvements


    Planning and Programming Committee
    July 18, 2018

    1
    Recommended Actions

     APPROVING:
    1. Conceptual project description
    2. Determination that the Project is Statutorily Exempt, pursuant to
    California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section
    15275 (a)

     AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to file a CEQA


    Notice of Exemption (NOE) for the Project with the Los
    Angeles County Clerk

    2
    Orange Line BRT
    Improvements Project
     Goals and Objectives
     Enhance safety at Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) crossings
     Improve BRT travel times

     Schedule Commitment
     Measure M Groundbreaking in 2019; Opening in 2025
     Twenty-Eight by ‘28 Project List

     Funding and Cost


     Measure M and the recently awarded SB-1 Local Partnership Grant Program provides up
    to $361 million funding for this project
     Current ROM Cost Estimate: $320M to $393M

     Measure M Consistency Finding


     Safety gating of intersections provides safety benefits and is consistent with future LRT
    service
     Aerial busway grade separations provides for critical separation as described in Measure
    M
     Class I bike path grade separations provide safer crossings at Van Nuys and Sepulveda
     Accommodates future regional transit projects 3
    Recommended Project
    Description
    • Gating at up to 35 crossings
    • Grade separation and BRT aerial station at
    Van Nuys, with closure of Tyrone Ave
    • Grade separation and BRT aerial station at MOL BRT
    Sepulveda Blvd
    • Bike/pedestrian path grade separation at
    Van Nuys and Sepulveda

    4
    Community Outreach

     Community update in June 2018


     Two community open house meetings &
    live webcast (over 190 attendees)
     Surveys at MOL Stations (400
    respondents)

     What we heard
     Broad public support for Orange Line
    improvements
     Concerns/Issues to be addressed:
    • Safety and security on buses and at stations
    • Traffic impacts due to gating operations
    • Bus overcrowding and more frequency

    5
    Equity Benefits
    Serves Disadvantaged and Low-Income
    Communities
     Majority of the Project corridor is located within a
    disadvantaged and/or low-income community
     Project will improve bus travel times and safety

    Provides Access to Opportunity


     Provides better transit access and mobility
     Supports LA City-led Transit Neighborhood Plans

    6
    Next Steps

    Preliminary Engineering Design


    Pilot Gate
    East San Fernando Valley (ESFV) and Sepulveda
    Project Coordination
    Ongoing Community Engagement
    Match project costs with available revenues

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