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Old Posted Oct 30, 2017, 7:31 AM
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Did anyone go to the transit coalition Rick Meade event last night? Anything interesting come out?
I was there. Present in the audience were mainly contractors, architects, engineers who were getting the specifics on what project can/will be P3 and how to go about the bidding for those things and what Metro is looking for in P3 Or in the types of construction and financing for each line. People were asking which projects would be a Design-Build Or a Design-Bid-Build or Design-Bid-Finance-Build. I found it very interesting.

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Old Posted Oct 30, 2017, 5:51 PM
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I was there. Present in the audience were mainly contractors, architects, engineers who were getting the specifics on what project can/will be P3 and how to go about the bidding for those things and what Metro is looking for in P3 Or in the types of construction and financing for each line. People were asking which projects would be a Design-Build Or a Design-Bid-Build or Design-Bid-Finance-Build. I found it very interesting.
Aside from Sepulveda Pass, West Santa Ana Branch, and Express Lanes, which projects did they indicate would be available for P3?

Anything to report on the potential for acceleration?
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Old Posted Nov 7, 2017, 9:15 PM
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Yeah, it doesn't make any sense to build a one-station extension to serve an NFL station. I'm not surprise that it was only projected to get 900 riders a day.

Stations along Hawthorne would get higher ridership, since more people live within walking distance and the busier bus routes are on Hawthorne.

But I hope I'm not implying that I think the Hawthorne route should get service before any of the line planned for Measure M. While it would probably have higher ridership per mile than the Eastside Gold Line extensions or the second phase of the Santa Ana Branch (south of the Green Line), those projects have been promised to voters and should be delivered.

I'm thinking about a line on Hawthorne in the context of the new LRTP, due in 2019, and the next plan to expand the system. I expect Metro will go back to the voters in 2024 to request funding to complete the currently planned projects sooner, and will add another 10 or so projects: just like with Measure M.

The Hawthorne line through Inglewood and Hawthorne would certainly be one of the top dozen useful projects after Measure M. Here's what I would put on the project list for a 2024 ballot measure: a line on Sunset/Santa Monica, Purple Line extension to Santa Monica and East LA / Pico Rivera, Electrifying Metrolink to Burbank and OC, a Vermont Subway to South LA, Light Rail down 7th street in Long Beach to VA/CSULB and a couple other projects: Pico subway? BRT on Reseda? Converting Van Nuys and Orange Line to LRT if not already funded, depending on the politics and the size of the funding package.
That makes sense in the context of regional balance for the next ballot measure. But the Hawthorne spur doesn't make any sense in isolation.

Just like the Eastside Gold line extensions, it is probably the most palatable option to throw in for South Bay but it is going to be a really low ridership line unless Hawthorne gets significantly up-zoned.
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Old Posted Nov 8, 2017, 2:44 AM
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Central LA wouldn't get all of those projects in several ballot measures under the present project selection process. Not that they're not worthy projects.
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Old Posted Nov 10, 2017, 3:17 AM
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Here is a useful presentation that is attached to Metro's November Construction Committee agenda, shows the current non-accelerated schedule for projects in the pipeline for the next 12 years or so:
http://metro.legistar.com/gateway.as...5da35085fc.pdf
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Old Posted Nov 11, 2017, 3:50 PM
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I wish they had the equivalent of the measure r project management dashboard for measure m projects. Looks like Crenshaw northern should be kicking off environmental studies soon. The alternatives analysis for that is going to be interesting
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Old Posted Nov 11, 2017, 4:07 PM
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Also, they now have WSAB listed in one phase with an expected completion of 2029... is that new since the P3 was announced?
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Old Posted Nov 11, 2017, 6:42 PM
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That document claims the cost and schedule of the Regional Connector are green.

Lol ok.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...109-story.html

A year late and 28% over the original budget.
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Old Posted Nov 11, 2017, 6:47 PM
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That document is based on Metro's internal project management. Project Managers don't care about original cost or schedule, they care about approved cost and schedule. The extended timeline and extra costs were approved by the board, so green just means they are within approved bounds. As of now.
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Old Posted Nov 13, 2017, 6:01 AM
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I wish they had the equivalent of the measure r project management dashboard for measure m projects. Looks like Crenshaw northern should be kicking off environmental studies soon. The alternatives analysis for that is going to be interesting
They did update this dashboard to include some Measure M projects. It seems to only include those projects that are in the Measure M groundbreaking timeline for the next 8 years.
https://mtadash.mlmprojectservices.c...ansit+Projects

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Also, they now have WSAB listed in one phase with an expected completion of 2029... is that new since the P3 was announced?
I think that is just there because under Measure M, WSAB (without mentioning of phases) is listed as having estimated opening date between 2028-2030.

The P3s technically aren't approved yet. I think it was in the July 2017 Planning and Programming Committee meeting where staff discussed that they will continue to plan and conduct studies under the normal process, in case the P3s don't ultimately materialize or are approved and so that they have some leverage in the P3 discussion process (the P3 contractor is further incentivized to give a competitive offer if they know that Metro has the fallback option available).
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Old Posted Nov 13, 2017, 4:05 PM
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Oops forgot my pdf of the expenditure plan was before the last minute board changes. Thanks!
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Old Posted Nov 13, 2017, 4:11 PM
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I remember there have been tons of issues with the Regional Connector ever since they started doing utility relocation all those years ago. I'm not surprised with this delay.
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Old Posted Nov 14, 2017, 12:26 AM
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I remember there have been tons of issues with the Regional Connector ever since they started doing utility relocation all those years ago. I'm not surprised with this delay.
And the budget increase was driven largely by 2 lawsuit settlements. Only a small portion of the increase was eaten by delays and contingencies.
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https://i.redd.it/etpvntbaneyz.png

(I would post the image but can't figure out how to resize it... how do I do that??)

Apparently this will be part of a report presented at a Metrolink (or maybe Metro?) board meeting tomorrow. This would be enormous if actually implemented. 7.5 minute headways to Burbank, 15 minute through all of the San Fernando Valley and Orange County, and 30 minute through the SGV! Supposedly electrification of at least some lines is on the table in order to achieve this.
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2017, 2:44 PM
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Blogging about Metro is a very lucrative gig:
https://metro.legistar.com/Legislati...ch=&FullText=1
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Old Posted Nov 19, 2017, 7:43 PM
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And the budget increase was driven largely by 2 lawsuit settlements. Only a small portion of the increase was eaten by delays and contingencies.
Sounds about right for California. It's really hard to logically justify any of these projects when you look at their cost per rider. Especially with transit ridership going down despite billions in investments.
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Old Posted Nov 20, 2017, 4:59 AM
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Sounds about right for California. It's really hard to logically justify any of these projects when you look at their cost per rider. Especially with transit ridership going down despite billions in investments.
Rail ridership has gone up while bus ridership has gone down.
What is the cost per rider for the Regional Connector and Purple Line extensions?
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Old Posted Nov 20, 2017, 5:42 AM
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$20,000/rider on the regional connector and about $70k/rider on the purple line. But imo the PLE ridership estimate is unaccountably low.
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Old Posted Nov 20, 2017, 9:00 PM
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Rail ridership has gone up while bus ridership has gone down.
What is the cost per rider for the Regional Connector and Purple Line extensions?
Exactly. You're just spending Billions of dollars to move people from buses to trains with the overall system seeing a loss in ridership.
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Old Posted Nov 22, 2017, 6:06 PM
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Latest quarterly cap and trade auction raised $800 million. If that pace keeps up, we're looking at $3.2 billion per year. By law, 25% of that goes to high speed rail, 10% to transit capital, and 5% to transit operations. That means $800 million for high speed rail, $320 million for transit projects, and $160 million for transit operations annually! Not bad!
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