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[KevinKorell]

LACMTA website, 12/21/10:

Metro announced today that it has been selected to receive $2 million in Federal Transit Administration funding to begin two new transportation projects: an alternatives analysis for a premium transit service on Van Nuys Boulevard and work to improve the agency’s transit forecasting model.

More here.

[KevinKorell]

Unfortunately, busway seems to be favored over light rail . From Los Angeles, CA Daily News, 3/20/11:

Van Nuys Blvd. busway eyed

With the popular Orange Line busway now being extended from Woodland Hills to Chatsworth, Metro is launching a study of mass-transit options for the congested north-south corridor through Van Nuys.

Details here.

[KevinKorell]

Los Angeles, CA Daily News, 10/23/11:

Looking to ease congestion and improve mobility for residents of the east San Fernando Valley, transit officials are studying a Van Nuys Boulevard Rapidway -- a project that could mean a busway, light rail or even a trolley line.

More here.

[KevinKorell]

L.A. Metro Source, 1/14/13:

—The project alternatives recommended for more study by Metro staff.

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[CNJRoss]

LACMTA news release:

 

Milestone Reached on One of the Valley’s Major Measure M Projects

Friday September 01, 2017

 

Measure M Delivers, as Metro Releases Draft EIS-EIR for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor and Opens Public Review Period

 

 

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the proposed East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor that – along with four other Measure M-funded projects – will transform transportation in the San Fernando Valley.

 

“Measure M is delivering on its promises to the people of the San Fernando Valley,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Chair of the Metro Board. “The East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor (ESFV project) will be a key piece in the Valley’s expanding transit network, as we continue to lead the nation – and the world – by easing congestion and building a comprehensive, world-class transit system.”

 

The project will be a 9.2-mile high-capacity transit route connecting the Metro Orange Line in Van Nuys to the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station through one of the busiest thoroughfares in the San Fernando Valley. Two bus rapid transit alternatives and two rail alternatives are being studied. All alternatives will run north from the Orange Line to the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station, primarily on Van Nuys Boulevard and San Fernando Road. The project is expected to begin construction in 2021, with an opening date between 2027-29.

 

The public is invited to ask questions and weigh in as Metro holds a series of meetings during the 45-day public review period extending until Oct. 16. Material presented at each of the five meetings will be the same and simultaneous translation in Spanish will be available. The schedule is as follows:

 

● Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 (6 p.m. to 8 p.m.) City of San Fernando Regional Pool Facility, 208 Park Ave., San Fernando 91340 

● Monday, Sept. 18, 2017  (8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.) Zev Yaroslavsky Family Support Center, 7555 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys 91405

● Monday, Sept. 18, 2017 (5 p.m. to 8 p.m.) Valley Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 14410 Sylvan St., 2nd floor, Van Nuys 91401

● Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 (9:00 am to 11:30 a.m..) Pacoima Charter Elementary School Auditorium, 11016 Norris Ave., Pacoima 91331  

● Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 (9 a.m. to noon) St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 14646 Sherman Way, Van Nuys 91405

 

“The Valley asked for more and more is on the way, starting with the East San Fernando Valley project down one of the busiest corridors in the area,” said Sheila Kuehl, Metro Board Member and Los Angeles County Supervisor for District 3, which includes much of the San Fernando Valley. “Like the other four mega Measure M projects for the Valley, this fits into the regional transportation network that Metro is building. The Valley is getting the access it deserves to jobs and educational opportunities both inside and out of the area and I assure you that all of L.A. County will benefit from the new connections to the Valley.”

 

The East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor will be a key piece in the San Fernando Valley’s expanding Measure M network that will also include:

 

● Metro Orange Line improvements. 

● A 16-mile bus rapid transit line from the Orange and Red lines in North Hollywood to the Gold Line in Pasadena.

● A project to speed traffic and provide new transit options through the Sepulveda Pass Transit Corridor, from the Orange Line in Van Nuys to the Westside and eventually all the way to LAX. Multiple options are being considered.

● A bus rapid transit line serving the northern San Fernando Valley. 

 

“We have been moving many projects forward, including the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor, as we continue our track record of bringing projects in on time and budget,”  said Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington. “This will bring a much-needed transit option to one of our busiest bus corridors. We are confident ridership on this line will be very high.”

 

            To view the Draft EIS/EIR go to metro.net.

 

[KevinKorell]

Curbed L.A., 9/20/17:

 

 

Sherman Oaks homeowners ask Metro for subway through the eastern Valley

 

 

Could the San Fernando Valley get a new subway line?

 

hat’s what the influential Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association wants.

 

 

Story

[KevinKorell]

Los Angeles, CA Daily News, 11/6/17:

 

 

 

Valley leader sides with Orange Line-area businesses against Metro’s planned light-rail yard

 

 

 

A San Fernando Valley-area councilwoman has raised doubts about a proposal to build a light-rail maintenance and storage facility near Metro’s Orange Line.

 

L.A. City Councilwoman Nury Martinez is asking transportation officials to choose another site for the facility, which Metro was eyeing in a Van Nuys industrial district, where more than a hundred businesses now reside.

 

The article is not about the Orange Line (which is BRT but has been considered for conversion to LRT) but about the proposed Van Nuys Blvd. light rail line that would intersect with it.  The proposed yard is near where the two lines would intersect, so a yard at that location would be ideal if the Orange Line was converted to light rail since both could share it.

[KevinKorell]

Progressive Railroading, 3/29/18:

 

 

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California panel OKs funds for proposed light-rail line

 

 

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $482 million for transportation projects in the Los Angeles area, including a potential light-rail line in the East San Fernando Valley.

 

Story

[KevinKorell]

Rail, Track, & Structures, 6/18/18:

 

 

 

Light rail recommended for East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor

 

 

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) have selected a 9.2-mile, at grade, light-rail option as the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor.

 

 

Story

 

Well that's good news....  but it should create more of a push to upgrade the existing Orange Line from busway to light rail as well.

[CNJRoss]

Progressive Railroading, 6/19/18:

 

LA Metro staff recommend light-rail for East San Fernando Valley project

The 9.2-mile line would run from the Van Nuys bus rapid transit station to a Metrolink station in LA's Sylmar neighborhood. Photo – LA Metro

 

 

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) staff have recommended building a 9.2-mile light-rail line for the East San Fernando Valley transit project.

The route would run from the Orange Line's Van Nuys station in Los Angeles to a Metrolink station in LA's Sylmar neighborhood. Trains would travel along the center of Van Nuys Boulevard and the San Fernando railroad right-of-way, which is adjacent to San Fernando Road.

On June 28, the authority's board will consider adopting light rail as the locally preferred alternative.

 

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