The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) issued a Request for Proposals to study the feasibility of various transit modes and alignments in order to bring a transit line through LA’s notoriously congested Sepulveda Pass.
The project would connect the San Fernando Valley and Westside region of Los Angeles with a high capacity transit line. Transit modes that will be evaluated include bus rapid transit, light rail, subway and other proven transit technologies not currently operated by LA Metro. The study is expected to take approximately 14 months to complete.
With the RFP, LA Metro is seeking a consultant to identify and evaluate a range of high-capacity transit concepts that could serve the 11-mile north/south travel corridor connecting the Metro Orange Line in the San Fernando Valley with the future extension of the Metro Purple Line at Westwood or VA Hospital station and Metro Expo Line on the Westside. A number of alignments and terminal station locations will be considered.
Approximately $1 billion in funding is available through LA Metro’s 2008 Measure R transportation sales tax. Another $6.8 billion for transit and freeway corridor improvements is identified through the Measure M transportation sales tax and other funding sources. That is a combined investment of nearly $7.8 billion by LA Metro on these projects.
The Sepulveda Pass Transit Corridor Project has an ultimate delivery date of 2033. LA Metro is seeking ways to expedite project delivery.
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