NACTO Designing Cities Conference October 2, 2018 Jacob Lieb, Sr. Director, First/Last Mile Planning

LA Metro First/Last Mile Program

Importance of First/Last Mile

• Landscape of Metro system/stations • Ridership • Rider Experience • Focus for Active Transportation networks/investment

Expand and improve access to bus and rail transit stations by active modes and local transit.

How Did We Get Here? A transit network fitted to an auto

oriented landscape

A transit network that extends beyond rail lines

and stations

Variety of Metro Transit Stations

Blue Line: Slauson Station

Variety of Metro Transit Stations

Expo Line: Downtown Santa Monica Station

Variety of Metro Transit Stations

Green Line: Long Beach Boulevard Station

Los Angeles’ Existing Transit System Planned Transit

System Expansion

Building Blocks

• Methodology / FLM Strategic Plan (2014)

• Policy (2016)

• Experience and Lessons Learned (2017-18)

• Funding

Deeper Dive – Blue Line

• Community context and engagement • Equity • Local Coordination

Program Challenges • Coordination

• Cost and complexity

• Change is hard

Thank you