The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) Airport Connector transit station will receive $40 million in cap-and-trade funds, the California State Transportation Agency announced. Riders on Metro’s Crenshaw/LAX Line and Green Line will use the station to transfer to the Automatic People Mover that will serve the LAX terminals. The Connector station is being designed to include a full transit building, pedestrian plaza and bicycle facilities.
Metro’s Red/Purple Line Core Capacity Improvements Project will receive $69.2 million in cap-and-trade funds. The new set of switches will allow trains to turn around quickly at Union Station so that subway trains could run every four minutes on each line at peak hours compared to 10 minutes currently. The project will also reduce waiting times for riders and greatly expand the capacity of the subway, which is being extended to the Miracle Mile, Beverly Hills, Century City and Westwood.
“We’re very grateful to the state for recognizing the importance and potential of these two projects. A great way to fight climate change is to stop driving alone and instead take transit – and these projects will make transit a lot more convenient to many more people,” said Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington.
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