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SECTOR
Surface Transportation

CATEGORY
Project Category DOT Projects

LEAD AGENCY
California, CalTrans

Description:

The East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project would provide new service and/or infrastructure that would improve passenger mobility and connectivity to regional activity centers, increase transit service efficiency (speeds and passenger throughput), and make transit service more environmentally beneficial via reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The purposes of the proposed project are summarized as follows: • Improve mobility in the eastern San Fernando Valley by introducing an improved north-south transit connection between key transit hubs/routes; • Enhance transit accessibility/connectivity for residents within the study area to local and regional destinations; • Provide more reliable transit service within the eastern San Fernando Valley; • Provide additional transit options in an area with a large transit-dependent population, including the disabled, high-transit ridership; and • Encourage modal shift to transit in the eastern San Fernando Valley, thereby improving air quality. Need The following mobility challenges within the project study area will continue to grow if no action is taken, due, in large part, to continued population growth, which increases the demand for transit service along the Van Nuys Boulevard corridor, a corridor that already has high population density and transit dependent persons who rely on transit for daily transportation, including commuting: • Mobility challenges resulting from increased roadway congestion, affecting study area bus service - Based on the Metro travel forecast model, the number of congested roadway segments (a portion of the roadway located between two intersections) in the study area is expected to increase from 126 to 162, a 29 percent increase in the AM peak hour and from 103 to 159, a 54 percent increase in the PM peak hour. Average speeds on these segments are expected to decrease by up to 12 miles per hour (mph) during the AM and PM peak hours. The increase in congested segments will result in lower vehicle speeds and increased travel delay in the study area, reducing mobility. Based on travel projections from the Metro model, the number of study intersections currently operating at LOS E or F along the Van Nuys Boulevard corridor will more than double by the year 2040.