Translate Home > How We Plan and Build How We Plan and Build Active Transportation Active transportation refers to human-powered methods of travel, such as walking, bicycling or rolling to get from one place to another. Everyone uses active transportation at some point in a trip, whether walking to a rail station, bicycling to work or rolling home from a bus stop. Download Plan What Read More Bus Rapid Transit Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is high-quality bus-based transit that provides fast, frequent service through bus only lanes, traffic-signal priority and high-quality stations with all-door boarding. Read More Early Project Delivery Metro is transforming Los Angeles with $120 billion of transportation improvements over 40 years. The Metro Board of Directors adopted an Early Project Delivery Strategy that will be used to determine how projects could be delivered faster than scheduled, without delaying other projects. These criteria include factors such as funding, Read More Environmental Review Planning and building new transportation projects is complex. The time involved may seem long and frustrating – but the process is important. This fact sheet will provide an overview of the planning process and how the public can help shape the project at each step of the way. Fact Sheet Read More Equity and Race Metro believes that access to opportunity should be at the center of decision-making around public investments and services. Read More First/Last Mile The Plan is an approach for identifying barriers and planning and implementing improvements for the first/last mile portions of an individual’s journey. Read More Gentrification and Displacement Transportation connects LA County residents to opportunity. The ability to get around provides access to jobs, education, health care, entertainment, shopping and more. Metro is working to transform our transportation system, which will dramatically change how people travel and live. This transformation will bring benefits across LA County. At the Read More Goods Movement Metro has a plan to make it easier to get around, which includes easing congestion to move goods through LA County in a way that fosters inclusive growth and supports our economic competitiveness, environmental sustainability and social equity goals. Download Plan Download Fact Sheet Why is goods movement important in Read More Highway Soundwalls Soundwalls are noise barriers built between a noise generator and a sensitive receptor, such as a residential community, in order to reduce the level of noise transmitted from the generator to the receptor. Fact Sheet Metro’s Highway Soundwall Program In 1999, Metro inherited a nearly $1 billion backlog of highway Read More Joint Development Joint Development is the real estate development program through which Metro collaborates with qualified developers to build transit-oriented developments on Metro-owned properties. Metro’s Joint Development sites are a gateway to the Metro transit system and hold unique potential to advance community development goals while attracting new riders to the Metro system. Read More Partnerships and Unsolicited Proposals OEI lays out goals and asks the private, non-profit and academic sectors to offer Metro ideas to meet LA County’s transportation needs. Read More Property Acquisition New projects need to acquire property for their construction or operations. The property acquisition process is governed by state and federal law, and is basically the same regardless of whether acquisition efforts are led by Metro or another public agency. Why do new transportation projects need to acquire real property? Read More Public-Private Partnerships Next Stop: Innovative Project Delivery The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is implementing the largest and most ambitious voter-approved transportation expansion program in the nation. With the passage of Measure M in November 2016, Metro will build out 40 major transit and highway projects in the next 40 Read More Rail Maintenance and Operations Facilities Metro continues to expand its rail network. With new lines planned and under construction, the agency will need to add more rail maintenance and storage facilities. These are known as rail yards. Fact Sheet Rail Yards Are used to store rail cars off the main operating tracks Include space and Read More Rail Modes During the planning and environmental evaluation process for a new rail line, many factors will be considered to determine the mode. Some of these factors include cost, available funding, carrying capacity, speed, travel demand, urban fit, if the project being studied is an extension of an existing line, or availability Read More Station Construction Underground rail stations are an essential part of many of Metro’s existing and upcoming rail projects. Get in the driver’s seat with us. Become a Metro bus operator. Apply to drive Below Ground Rail Stations Metro currently has underground stations on the following lines: Metro A Line (Blue): The Read More Station Design Projects Metro stations must be well located, recognizable, attractive, and easy to use, with well-designed station public areas, including plazas, concourses and platforms. Through coordination with other Metro departments, cities and other stakeholders, the Systemwide Design team helps design Metro stations that connect to the urban environment and regional transit network, Read More Station Naming LA County’s transit system is experiencing unprecedented growth. Many new rail stations are under construction and more are in the planning phase. The station naming process includes the following steps: Initial station names are identified during the project planning process primarily based on geographic location. When a project is approved Read More Sustainability We’re integrating sustainability into every stage of our projects. Not only did Metro operationalize sustainability internally through a 2009 policy, we also created programs and resources to ensure everything we do meets Metro’s sustainability standards. It’s all a part of Metro’s plan to build better transit. Read our Strategic Plan Read More Transit Oriented Communities Metro is transforming LA. Metro moves almost 1.3 million people a day across LA County. Thanks to Measure M, Metro is undertaking one of the largest transportation infrastructure programs in US history and will double the size of the rail network in the next 40 years. Metro is also re-imagining Read More Triple Constraints Creating new infrastructure to deliver the movement LA needs, now and in the future, is challenging. As Metro manages our projects, we must trade between three constraints: budget, scope and schedule. Change one, and the other two change as well. These interrelated factors need to be considered together through the Read More Tunneling Shedding Light on Tunnels New public transportation projects, whether rail or highway, may include construction of tunnels. This page will provide an overview of some of the factors that help determine when tunnels are appropriate for a project as well as information on tunnel technology and engineering. To Build or Read More About Metro Fares and Passes How to Ride The Source Accessibility Employee Self Service El Pasajero Metro Intranet Privacy Policy | Terms of Use Copyright © 2021-2022 Metro