Initial Screening Report SEPULVEDA TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT Contract No. PS40442000 Initial Screening Report Task No. 2.5 Prepared for: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Prepared by: 601 W. 5th Street, Suite 1000 Los Angeles, California 90071 Review Date Name Originator 9/12/2019 Elenna Salcido Checker 10/16/2019 Steven Greene Backchecker 10/17/2019 Elenna Salcido QA/QC Manager 10/31/2019 Zafer Müdar Project Manager 10/31/2019 Dennis Henderson October 2019 Initial Screening Report Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 Purpose of the Study ....................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Project Study Area ........................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Purpose of this Report ..................................................................................................... 1-2 2 PURPOSE AND NEED ................................................................................................................. 2-1 2.1 Study Area Characteristics ............................................................................................... 2-1 Land Uses within the Study Area ......................................................................... 2-4 Demographics within the Study Area ................................................................... 2-6 2.2 Existing and Future Transportation Conditions in the Study Area ................................... 2-10 2.3 Travel Markets ............................................................................................................... 2-27 Productions and Attractions .............................................................................. 2-27 Market Areas .................................................................................................... 2-29 Travel Market Growth ....................................................................................... 2-34 2.4 Project Purpose and Need ............................................................................................. 2-35 2.5 Goals and Objectives ..................................................................................................... 2-38 3 EVALUATION METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................. 3-1 3.1 Evaluation Process ........................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Evaluation Measures ....................................................................................................... 3-2 Improve Mobility................................................................................................. 3-3 Improve Equity of Access..................................................................................... 3-4 Protect the Environment and Support Community and Economic Development ...................................................................................................... 3-5 Provide a Cost-Effective Solution ......................................................................... 3-5 Minimize Project Delivery Risk............................................................................. 3-5 4 DEVELOPMENT AND SCREENING OF INITIAL CONCEPTS ........................................................... 4-1 4.1 Development Process for Initial Concepts ........................................................................ 4-1 Screening of Modes ............................................................................................. 4-1 Screening of Termini, Alignment Segments and Configurations ......................... 4-10 4.2 Initial Valley-Westside Transit Concepts ......................................................................... 4-14 Concept 1 .......................................................................................................... 4-16 Concept 2 .......................................................................................................... 4-18 Concept 3 .......................................................................................................... 4-20 Concept 4 .......................................................................................................... 4-22 Concept 5 .......................................................................................................... 4-24 Concept 6 .......................................................................................................... 4-26 Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project i Initial Screening Report Table of Contents 4.3 Initial Screening ............................................................................................................. 4-28 Improve Mobility............................................................................................... 4-28 Improve Equity of Access................................................................................... 4-31 Protect the Environment and Support Community and Economic Development .................................................................................................... 4-31 4.4 Identification of Refinements to Initial Concepts ............................................................ 4-32 4.5 Development of Refined Concepts ................................................................................. 4-33 Heavy Rail Transit Concepts............................................................................... 4-33 Monorail/Rubber Tire Concept .......................................................................... 4-38 Station Locations Considered for Refined Concepts ........................................... 4-43 Maintenance and Storage Facility Locations ...................................................... 4-44 4.6 Evaluation of Refined Concepts...................................................................................... 4-46 Improve Mobility............................................................................................... 4-46 Improve Equity of Access................................................................................... 4-49 Protect the Environment and Support Community and Economic Development .................................................................................................... 4-51 Selection of Concepts for Further Study ............................................................ 4-53 5 DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF WESTSIDE-LAX CONCEPTS ............................................ 5-1 5.1 Development Process for Westside-LAX Initial Transit Concepts ...................................... 5-1 5.2 Westside-LAX Concepts ................................................................................................... 5-2 Heavy Rail Transit Concepts................................................................................. 5-2 Monorail/Rubber Tire Concept ............................................................................ 5-8 Station Locations Considered for Westside-LAX Concepts.................................... 5-9 5.3 Evaluation of Westside-LAX Concepts ............................................................................ 5-10 Improve Mobility............................................................................................... 5-10 Improve Equity of Access................................................................................... 5-13 Protect the Environment and Support Community and Economic Development .................................................................................................... 5-15 Selection of Concepts for Further Study ............................................................ 5-15 6 PUBLIC AND AGENCY INPUT ..................................................................................................... 6-1 6.1 Stakeholder Identification and Database Development .................................................... 6-1 6.2 Public Meetings ............................................................................................................... 6-2 Early Meetings .................................................................................................... 6-2 Public Meetings – Round 1 .................................................................................. 6-2 Public Meetings – Round 2 .................................................................................. 6-9 Outreach at Community Events ......................................................................... 6-16 ii Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project Initial Screening Report Table of Contents 6.3 Agency Coordination ..................................................................................................... 6-18 Agency Project Briefings .................................................................................... 6-19 Agency Coordination Meetings.......................................................................... 6-20 6.4 Project Materials and Resources .................................................................................... 6-23 Collateral Materials ........................................................................................... 6-23 Project Website ................................................................................................. 6-24