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Technical Advisory Committee July 3, 2019 Project Background > Measure M project $267 million in Measure M & SB1 funds (Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program) Projected opening by 2024 > April 2019 Completed

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July 3, 2019

Technical Advisory Committee

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Project Background

> Measure M project

$267 million in Measure M & SB1 funds (Transit and Intercity

Rail Capital Program)

Projected opening by 2024

> April 2019 – Completed Alternatives Analysis (AA)

Evaluated 3 BRT alternatives: street-running, freeway-running,

and hybrid street/freeway-running

Recommended a Refined Street-Running Alternative with Route

Options to be advanced into environmental phase

> May 2019 – Metro Board advanced project into environmental

phase

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What We Heard During AA Process

> Broad community support for project including need for:

Frequent and reliable service
First/last mile connections
Convenient station locations

> Preference for street-running BRT

Serves most key destinations within corridor
Better station access, more pleasant stations

> Concerns over impacts of dedicated bus lanes

n parking and/or traffic

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Proposed Project with Route Options

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North Hollywood / Burbank

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Glendale / Eagle Rock

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Pasadena

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Preliminary Ridership Estimates

> Preliminary daily ridership estimates up to 30,000

Numbers to be refined as station locations and alignment

design options are further defined

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Environmental Phase – Public Scoping

> 45-day Public Scoping period Monday, June 17, 2019

through Wednesday, July 31, 2019

> Five Public Scoping Meetings in July 2019

Monday July 15th 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Buena Vista Library 300 N. Buena Vista St. Burbank, CA 91505 Wednesday July 17th 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Glendale Central Library 222 E. Harvard St. Glendale, CA 91205 Tuesday July 9th 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Lankershim Arts Center 5108 Lankershim Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91601 Wednesday July 10th 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Pasadena Senior Center 85 E. Holly St. Pasadena, CA 91103 Saturday July 13th 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eagle Rock Plaza 2700 Colorado Blvd., Suite 236 Los Angeles, CA 90041

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Submit Comments

Scott Hartwell Metro One Gateway Plaza, MS 99-22-6 Los Angeles, CA 90012 metro.net/nohopasbrt nohopasbrt@metro.net

> Comments due by: July 31, 2019 > Submit oral and/or written comments at public scoping

meetings

> Can also submit comments via:

213.418.3228

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Upcoming Milestones

> June/July 2019 – Release Notice

f Preparation and begin public

scoping meetings > Spring 2020 – Release Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for public comment > Fall 2020 – Metro Board adopts Proposed Project and certifies Final EIR > Ongoing – Collaboration with cities and other key stakeholders

Summer 2019