AGENDA

PLANNING & PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

 

Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 1:00 P.M.



Call to order:

Directors:

 

John Fasana, Chair

Michael Antonovich, Vice Chair

Hal Bernson

Yvonne Burke

Beatrice Proo

Doug Failing, Ex Officio

 

 

 

10.    RECEIVE report of the Executive Officer.

 

 

11.    RECEIVE AND FILE January progress report on the development of the Short Range Transportation Plan for FY04-09.

 

 

 

12.    RECEIVE AND FILE status report on the progress of the I-710 Long Beach Freeway Major Corridor Study between the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and SR-60 Pomona Freeway.

 

  

 

 

13.    RECEIVE AND FILE the Crenshaw-Prairie Corridor Major Investment Study and direct staff to:

 

A.        prepare, as part of the Metro Short Range Transportation Plan, a funding and implementation schedule for Crenshaw Metro Rapid enhancements including higher capacity buses, enhanced stations with pedestrian and streetscape improvements and segments of dedicated transit lanes;

 

B.      initiate discussions with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Company regarding shared use of the Harbor subdivision railroad right-of-way within the Crenshaw Corridor for exclusive bus lane or possible future passenger rail uses;

 

C.       coordinate with the ongoing Los Angeles International Airport Master Planning efforts to evaluate connections from any new LAX Intermodal Transit Center to the Crenshaw Corridor;

 

D.       consider implementing a bus route from the Wilshire/Western Station to the planned LAX Intermodal Transit Center via the Crenshaw Corridor; and

 

E.         continue to reflect potential future implementation of light rail transit (LRT) or a 24-hour Metro Rapid Transitway in the Crenshaw Corridor in the Metro Long Range Transportation Plan.

 

 

 

14.    APPROVE the “Draft Metro Parking Policy” for circulation and comment as part of the Metro’s Short Range Transportation Plan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consideration of items not on the posted agenda, including: items to be presented and (if requested) referred to staff; items to be placed on the agenda for action at a future meeting of the Committee or Board; and/or items requiring immediate action because of an emergency situation or where the need to take immediate action came to the attention of the Committee subsequent to the posting of the agenda.

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ADJOURNMENT

 

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