Sepulveda Pass Transit Corridor

The Sepulveda Pass Transit Corridor is a planned transit corridor connecting the Los Angeles Basin to the San Fernando Valley through the Sepulveda Pass by improving or supplementing the existing freeway. Project alternatives along the four mile section of I-405 include constructing a tunnel with options for a monorail, light rail or heavy rail line along the tunnel corridor; providing bus-only on- and off-ramps for bus rapid transit service on the I-405 carpool lanes; and implementing peak-hour bus rapid transit lanes on the freeway’s shoulders.[1]

The Sepulveda Pass Interstate 405 commute between Interstate 10 and CA Highway 101 lies along the busiest highway corridor in the United States, serving 379,000 vehicles per day.[2] The most popular idea has been a rail transit tunnel, as the rugged terrain of the pass makes surface and elevated alternatives almost equally expensive.[3]

Project

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has $7.8 billion in funds available for construction planned to begin in 2026. The plan included in the Measure M transportation funding measure is to build improvements in three stages: additional lanes to be used for express bus service to open by 2028, an 8.8-mile transit project between the Orange Line’s Van Nuys Station and the Purple Line Extension’s Wilshire/Westwood Station by 2035. Additionally, an extension to LAX is planned with a 2059 completion date.[4][5] In April 2017, Metro issued a Request for Proposals to study alternatives, and several companies sent unsolicited proposals to accelerate the project via public-private partnerships. The feasibility study is expected to be completed by Fall 2018.[6]

Advocacy

Transit advocates have proposed combining the Van Nuys Transit Corridor and Sepulveda Pass Corridor into a single study with an aim to connect Sylmar, Van Nuys, the Orange Line, Sherman Oaks, UCLA, and the future Westwood/UCLA Purple Line station, with a future extension south to the Expo Line, Los Angeles International Airport, South Bay, or beyond.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Sepulveda Transit Corridor". Sepulveda Transit Corridor. LACMTA.
  2. ↑ "I-405 In LA Named Busiest Interstate In Any U.S. City". CBS Los Angeles. CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Los Angeles Magazine
  4. ↑ Hymon, Steve. "Of monorails, Measure M and the Sepulveda Pass; How We Roll, June 14". LACMTA. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Metro Seeks Mass Transit Solution For Sepulveda Pass". CBS Los Angeles. CBS Broadcasting. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Sotero, Dave. "Metro releases RFP to study Sepulveda Pass transit options". LACMTA. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ Reed, Bart. "Valley-Westside Rail Tunnel". The Transit Coalition. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
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