Los Angeles World Airports LAX Landside Access Modernization Program 1 LAX Landside Access Modernization Program Goals • Improve the passenger experience • Relive traffic from Central Terminal Area and surrounding streets • Continue to modernize LAX • Connect LAX to public transit 2 3 Comprehensive Solution New fully automated people mover system will unlock new ways to access LAX 4 LAX Landside Access Modernization Program Intermodal Transportation Facility (West) 96th St. Metro Station Connection to LAX Consolidated Rent-a-Car Center Lincoln Blvd Airport Blvd Sepulveda Blvd Arbor Vitae St 96th St 98th St Aviation Blvd La Cienega Blvd Century Blvd Automated People Mover System Intermodal Transportation Facility (East) 5 Rental Car Operators Today Non-chain Larger Chain 6 Future LAWA Consolidated Rent-A-Car Center Consolidation of rental car facilities into a single location will remove roughly 17% of traffic congestion currently traveling into the CTA 7 Consolidated Rent-A-Car Center (ConRAC) Arbor Vitae St. Century Blvd Concepts 8 Automated People Mover System 9 APM – Central Terminal Area Alignment 10 Intermodal Transportation Facilities Arbor Vitae St. 96th St. 98th St. Century Blvd 11 Intermodal Transportation Facilities Planned Features • Private vehicle parking • Connections to shuttles • Passenger pick-up/drop-off area • Potential collateral development opportunities 12 Intermodal Transportation Facilities Planned Features • Private vehicle parking • Connections to shuttles • Passenger pick-up/drop-off area • Potential collateral development opportunities 13 Existing Routes into the Central Terminal Area Limited roadways prone to congestion 14 Potential Roadway Improvements Sepulveda Blvd. Arbor Vitae St. Aviation Blvd. Century Blvd 15 Airport Metro Connector Project 96th Street Metro Transit Station • Metro selection of locally preferred alternative requires additional APM station • LAWA will provide adjacent commercial transit center with pick-up and drop-off, and parking facilities • LAWA continues to collaborate with Metro on station design and delivery strategies 16 Airport Metro Connector Project Conceptual Rendering of Metro’s Proposed 96th Street Transit Station 17 LAWA Milestones Completed to Date & Next Steps 2014 • • • • May: LAWA updated BOAC on the preferred vision for APM alignment east of the CTA. June: BOAC released RFP for CEQA/NEPA environmental consultant team (awarded September). September: LAWA updated BOAC on the preferred vision for APM alignment within the CTA. December: LAWA will provide staff recommended alternative to BOAC. 20152016 • January: LAWA will release Notice of Preparation for LAX Landside Access Modernization Program EIR. LAWA will conduct environmental analyses, planning, design, stakeholder coordination and public outreach. LAWA will develop preliminary engineering designs and release RFP for APM Design-Builder. LAWA will secure CEQA/NEPA clearances and related entitlements. LAWA will procure and award RFP contract to APM Design-Builder for final design. • • • • 20172018 • Begin construction on the LAX Landside Access Modernization Program (estimated 5-7 years of APM construction). 18 www.ConnectingLAX.com For more information, please visit: Website: www.connectinglax.com Email: transportationplanning@lawa.org 19 Thank you!! Questions and Answers 20