Vermont Transit Corridor
The Vermont Transit Line is a proposed bus rapid transit line in the Metro Busway network in Los Angeles, California with plans to convert it to a heavy rail subway line in the future. It is planned to operate on a north to south route on Vermont Avenue between the B Line's Vermont/Sunset station and the C Line's Vermont/Athens station on the Metro Rail system. The project feasibility study was released in February 2019 with a proposed completion date of 2028 for BRT and after 2067 for rail. It is part of Metro 's "Twenty-eight by '28" initiative and is partially funded by Measure M. The route will have signal priority at traffic lights and will have a dedicated right of way. Metro reports the initial cost is $425 million. History. Until 1963, Vermont Avenue was served by several Los Angeles Railway Yellow Car streetcar lines: the F, K, R, S, U, and V. After streetcars ceased running under the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, tracks were torn up and service replaced by buses. Initial Alternative Analysis. Two alternative analyses were developed. Bus rapid transit. Metro currently plans to construct bus  rapid transit with various stations along its route, each spaced about apart. Metro will study three options for BRT: These feasibility options were sent to formal environmental review status. Metro plans to commence the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) with the options by 2019. Metro's planned budget for BRT is $425 million. Rail. For rail, concepts have been published in the feasibility study. Measure M funds for rail are expected to become available after 2067 for rail. The following concepts were published: Route. The corridor includes Vermont Avenue between Hollywood Boulevard and 120th Street. Destinations along the route  include Exposition Park and its museums Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, the Natural History Museum and the California Science Center. Also, local sports stadiums, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Banc of California Stadium. USC is along the route. It would also connect with E Line at Expo/Vermont station. The following table shows potential BRT metro stations, per feasibility study from north to south. Also listed are existing light rail and subway stations. South Bay Extension. Metro is also conducting a BRT, LRT and HRT feasibility study to extent the route a further 10 miles past 120th Street  south along Vermont Avenue to Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park terminating at Pacific Coast Highway. Close to Los Angeles Harbor College, Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center and Pacific Coast Highway station (J Line). Study is scheduled to be released in Spring 2022.