LACMTA adopts Arbor Vitae/Bellanca location for maintenance facility, eases rules for peak-hour bike

Written by jrood

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors adopted the Arbor Vitae/Bellanca location in Los Angeles as the Locally Preferred Alternative maintenance facility site for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor. The Arbor/Vitae/Bellanca is a 17.6-acre site located in the City of Los Angeles and is bounded by Arbor Vitae Street to the north, Neutrogena Corporation to the west and the Harbor Subdivision railroad right-of-way to the east. The development of a new maintenance facility is necessary since it will be used to store, maintain, repair and clean light rail vehicles. The maintenance facility site will serve the Metro Green Line, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor, South Bay Metro Green Line Extension and the Metro Green Line to LAX projects. The LPA maintenance site will be incorporated into the Final Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report, which is tentatively scheduled for final approval by the Board in July 2011. The Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor is an 8.5-mile light rail line that will extend from the intersection of Exposition and Crenshaw Boulevards to the Metro Green Line. The project will serve the cities of Los Angeles, Inglewood, Hawthorne, El Segundo and portions of the unincorporated Los Angeles County and is funded by Measure R. Additionally, LACMTA approved a staff recommendation to remove peak-hour restrictions for bicycles on the Metro Rail system and authorized the removal of seats to better accommodate bicycles and other large items, moves that will help make bicycles a more viable alternative mode of transportation throughout L.A. County. LACMTA Bikes on Rail policy previously prohibited bikes from being taken on board Metro Blue, Gold, Red and Green Line trains in certain directions of travel between the hours of 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and in all directions within L.A.'s Central Business District during those hours. The Board also authorized the phased-in removal of seats on the Metro Gold, Green and Blue Line trains. Seats on the Metro Red/Purple Line have already been removed. To accommodate a greater numbers of bicycle customers as well as regular transit customers, LACMTA plans to increase the frequency and capacity of its rail services as seats are removed. LACMTA will amend its Customer Code of Conduct, which goes into effect July 1, 2011, to be consistent with the revised policy.  

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