los Angeles Coun ty M etropolitan Transpo rtati on Authority M etro One Gatewa y Plaza 2i3 .g zz.2000 Tel Los CA 9ooiz -2952 metro.net REV ISED PLA N NING AN D PR OGRAMM IN G COMMI T TEE MA R CH 14, 20 12 SUB JEC T: AN TEL OPE VAL LEY LINE I NFRAS TRUC TURE I NT ST RATEG Y A CTION: R ECEIVE AN D FILE A NTEL OP E V ALLEY LINE INF RASTR UCTU RE IM PROV EMENT STRATE G Y RECOMM E NDATION Receive a nd file report on the s tatu s o f the Antel ope V alle y Line Infrastruc ture Impro ve m en t Stra t egy (AVLI IS P ) roje ct fo r infr astruct ur e improvem ents that en ha n ce co r ri d or safety, incre ase pas senge r rail service, im p rove o p erating effic iency , an d reduce travel times in thi s r ai l co r ridor between Lo s Angeles Un ion Station a nd t he Ci ties of P almdale an d Lancaster . IS S UE In Apri l 2011 th e Board direc te d staff to r eview the f easibi lity o f e nh ancing the An telope Valley Lin e c orridor an d to identify infr astructure i mprovemen ts that would e nable Metrolink s e r vice t o operate fa s ter, safer, an d more rel ia bly between L os Angeles Uni on Stati on CLAUS) an d the C it y o f Lanca ster . Existing infrast ructur e c o n strains Me t ro l in k speeds to a n averag e of 4 0 miles per hour an d travel time s app roximati ng tw o hours betwe e n Palmdal e an d L AU S . A ma jor o bj e ctive o f t he study was o ident ify the i nfra structure necessar y to suppo rt a ri p time red u ction o f up to 50 % ov er exi sting service. An other ke y objec tive of the stud y wa s o iden tify safety impro vements along the co r rido r, spe c ifically fo r p edest rian an d vehicular tr affic at existi ng at -grade cross ings. In additio n, th e project cons idered oppor tuni ties to bu il d fo r future c a pacity needs w h il e accommo da t in g ex p anded /futu re service in t he corridor for f reight an d high sp ee d rail. Th e study inc ludes an ass essment o f fu nd ing opport u nities an d a co s t- be n efit a nalysi s o f ca pital proje ct s to hel p prio r itize prop o sed improveme nts an d allow fo r p hased imp le mentation as d emand or additional service incr eas es a nd fu nding b e comes avai lable.
