Regional Connector Existing Conditions Report
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JULY 2016 METRO DOWNTOWN & REGIONAL CONNECTOR EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Prepared by the Los Angeles Department of Planning Los Angeles City Hall - 6th Floor 200 N. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 978 -1170 www.planning.lacity.org Community Planning and Transit Neighborhood Planning Staff Patricia Diefenderfer, Senior City Planner Bryan Eck, City Planner Tal Harari, Planning Assistant Clare Kelley, Planning Assistant Geographic Information Systems Staff Charles Lee, GIS Supervisor II Scott Jackson, GIS Specialist This project was funded by Metro’s Round 3 TOD Planning Grant Program EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION : BACKGROUND 1 INTRODUCTION : METHODOLOGY 2-3 AERIAL : ALL STATIONS 4 DEMOGRAPHICS : ALL STATIONS 5 The complete Existing Conditions Report contains additional information including: ECONOMIC PROFILE : ALL STATIONS 6 • aerial maps • building footprints LAND USE PATTERNS : ALL STATIONS 7 • demographics • economic profile TRANSIT PATTERNS : ALL STATIONS 8 • general plan land use • zoning HOUSING : ALL STATIONS 9 • existing land use • transit service • traffic patterns APPENDIX : ALL STATIONS 10 • street designations • housing • opportunity sites • historic resources • public service & amenities • planning overlays To view the complete report, please visit www.dtla2040.org. Image Source: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 ii INTRODUCTION | background In 2012, The City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning (LADCP), in partnership with Metro, launched The 1.9 mile Regional Connector alignment will allow passengers to seamlessly transfer an effort to create several Transit Neighborhood Plans to develop livable community and employment between the Gold, Blue, Expo, Red and Purple heavy raill subway lines, and bypass Downtown centers around the region’s expanding transit network. The plan focuses on neighborhoods surrounding Los Angeles Union Station, by constructing three new Metro stations and connecting travel a total of 25 future and existing transit stations Citywide. corridors through the center of Downtown. To prepare for development trends that accompany these transit stations, Metro has provided a grant The alignment crosses several distinct communities within Downtown, including the historic to the LADCP to create regulatory tools to guide future land use around the rail stations. This report Little Tokyo community, the concentration of federal, state and local government offices in details the existing conditions of three future and four existing stations within Downtown, and focused the Civic Center, the cultural entertainment center in Bunker Hill, the dense commercial core on the Regional Connector Transit Project. It is designed to be a resource for Metro, the LADCP staff, and in the Financial District, as well as the residential and retail uses in the Historic Core. community stakeholders. Image Source: Cory Gruenfeld EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 1 INTRODUCTION | methodology Metro Station Future Regional Connector Metro Red/Purple Lines Metro Gold Line Metro Blue Line Metro Expo Line 1/2 Mile Radius Community Plan Area Boundaries 2nd PLACE/ HOPE ST. CIVIC CENTER WESTLAKE STATION COMMUNITY PLAN AREA STATION 2nd ST./ 7th/METRO BROADWAY CENTER STATION STATION CENTRAL CITY NORTH COMMUNITY PLAN AREA 1st STREET/ PERSHING CENTRAL AVE. SQUARE STATION STATION CENTRAL CITY PICO/CHICK COMMUNITY PLAN AREA HEARN STATION SOUTH LA COMMUNITY PLAN AREA SOUTHEAST LA COMMUNITY PLAN AREA EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 2 INTRODUCTION | methodology This existing conditions report includes information on current land uses, housing, demographics, Due to the proximity of the stations and irregularity of the census tracts, some tracts are in multiple station areas and thus economic conditions, and livability patterns. were included in the analysis of each station. The study areas around the three new, and four existing stations were established by choosing a group The demographic data in this report comes from the United States Census Bureau and the maps come from the of census tracts to represent each station area. The basic radius of a half-mile is used to represent a Department of City Planning Systems & GIS Division unless otherwise noted. For more information on the data analysis typical threshold of willingness to walk to a transit stop. Census tracts were chosen if they, in part or in and sources, please see the detailed methodology in the Appendix. whole, were located within this half-mile radius from the intersection nearest to the station entrance. FUTURE STATIONS census tracts 2nd PLACE/HOPE STREET 2nd STREET/BROADWAY AVE. 1st STREET/CENTRAL AVE. 2073.01 2062 2060.2 2073/02 2071.02 2060.31 2075.01 2073.01 2062 2075.02 2073.02 2063 2077.1 2074 2071.02 2080 2075.02 2073.01 2092 2080 2073.02 2092 2074 EXISTING STATIONS census tracts CIVIC CENTER STATION 7th STREET/METRO CENTER PERSHING SQUARE PICO/CHICK HEARN 2062 2073.01 2063 2077.1 2071.02 2073.02 2073.01 2079 2071.02 2075.02 2073.02 2100.1 2073.01 2077.1 2074 2240.1 2073.02 2079 2075.02 2240.2 2074 2092 2077.1 2242 2075.01 2093 2075.02 EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 3 Metro Station Future Regional Connector AERIAL | all stations Metro Red/Purple Lines Metro Blue Line Metro Expo Line Metro Gols Line 1/4 Mile Radius 1/2 Mile Radius 2nd PLACE/HOPE 2nd STREET/BROADWAY 1st STREET/CENTRAL CIVIC CENTER 7th STREET/METRO PERSHING SQUARE PICO/CHICK HEARN Image Source: Sterling Davis Image Source: Metro Image Source: Tal Harari Image Source: Kent Kanouse Image Source: Flickr Image Source:: Flickr Image Source: Frederick Dennstedt Image Source: Metro Image Source: Flickr Image Source: Prayitno Image Source: Flickr Image Source: Flickr Image Source: Steve Lyon Image Source:: South Park Business Improvement DIstrict EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 4 DEMOGRAPHICS | all stations 2nd PLACE/HOPE 2nd STREET/BROADWAY 1st STREET/CENTRAL CIVIC CENTER 7th STREET/METRO PERSHING SQUARE PICO/CHICK HEARN TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION 15,242 9,895 6,230 10,323 12,548 12,788 9,620 54% 46% 57% 43% 63% 37% 57% 43% 65% 54% 58% 42% 53% 47% TOP 3 AGE GROUPS TOP 3 AGE GROUPS TOP 3 AGE GROUPS TOP 3 AGE GROUPS TOP 3 AGE GROUPS TOP 3 AGE GROUPS TOP 3 AGE GROUPS 25-29 yrs 24% 25-29 yrs 14% 25-29 yrs 11% 25-29 yrs 13% 25-29 yrs 18% 25-29 yrs 22% 30-34 yrs 10% 30-34 yrs 18% 35-39 yrs 11% 30-34 yrs 11% 30-34 yrs 10% 30-34 yrs 17% 35-39 yrs 18% 20-24 yrs 9% 35-39 yrs 17% 30-34 yrs 10% 35-39 yrs 11% 35-39 yrs 10% 35-39 yrs 14% 30-34 yrs 17% 25-29 yrs 8% EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ATTAINMENT ATTAINMENT ATTAINMENT ATTAINMENT ATTAINMENT ATTAINMENT Graduate Some College, 9% Degree, 19% Some College, 16% Some College, Bachelor's Degree, 19% Some College, 15% Some Bachelor's 17% Associate's Associate's College, Degree, 21% Bachelor's Degree, Degree, 4% Degree, 4% Associate's Bachelor's 18% 24% Bachelor's Bachelor's < 9th Grade, 9% Degree, 4% Degree, 22% Some College, 19% Associate's Degree, 20% Degree, 23% Bachelor's Degree, 5% HS Graduate, Degree, 30% Associate's 14% < High School HS Graduate, 16% Degree, 5% Graduate, 8% HS Graduate, Associate's Degree, 3% Graduate Degree, 15% Graduate 17% Graduate Degree, 14% Graduate HS Graduate, Degree, 12% Degree, 17% Graduate Degree, 18% Graduate Degree, HS < High School 12% HS Graduate, < High School 9% Graduate, … HS Graduate, 14% Graduate, 14% 14% Graduate, 12% < High School Graduate, < 9th Grade, < 9th Grade, 11% Associate's 17% < High School < 9th Grade, < 9th Grade, 7% Some College, < 9th Grade, 20% < High School 8% Degree, 5% 11% 15% Graduate, 12% Graduate, 11% < High School < 9th Grade, 20% Graduate, 9% EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT | DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES | LADCP TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING | JULY 2016 5 ECONOMIC PROFILE | all stations 2nd PLACE/HOPE 2nd STREET/BROADWAY 1st STREET/CENTRAL CIVIC CENTER 7th STREET/METRO PERSHING SQUARE PICO/CHICK HEARN 7,993 4,348 1,980 4,199 6,136 6,776 1,980 EMPLOYED EMPLOYED EMPLOYED EMPLOYED EMPLOYED EMPLOYED EMPLOYED WORKERS WORKERS WORKERS WORKERS WORKERS WORKERS WORKERS 198,022 JOBS 169,628 60,179 158,082 101,383 87,255 60,179 JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS AVG COMMUTE TIME AVG COMMUTE TIME AVG COMMUTE TIME AVG COMMUTE TIME AVG COMMUTE TIME AVG COMMUTE TIME AVG COMMUTE TIME 27 minutes 27 minutes 28 minutes 27 minutes 26 minutes 27 minutes 28 minutes JOB DENSITY JOB DENSITY JOB DENSITY JOB DENSITY JOB DENSITY JOB DENSITY JOB DENSITY 396 Jobs/Acre