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MILESTONES
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Metro Board approved
$640 million funding plan for Phase 1 from downtown Los Angeles to
Culver City (May 2005).
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Metro Board certified
Final EIS/EIR for Phase 1 (December 2005).
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The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) signed the Record of Decision for Phase 1,
completing federal environmental clearance (February 2006).
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The California
Transportation Commission approved $208 million (March 2006); CTC
scheduled to approve an additional $315 in April 2006.
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Metro Board approved
funding to complete EIS/EIR to Santa Monica (June 2006)
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The EIR for Phase 2
started January 2007 ( and record of decision from FTA is expected
July 2009)
NEEDED
ACTION
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Ensure that Phase 2 to
Santa Monica is included in the Metro Long Range Transportation Plan
as the next priority for funding (June/July 2007)
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Amend Federal
Legislation to define the line as going to Santa Monica and to be
able to use phase 1 money as a match for potential federal funds on
phase 2 to Santa Monica.
WESTSIDE FACTS AT
A GLANCE
Employment 462, 467
% of L.A. County 11%
Land Area 103 square miles
% of L.A. County 3%
POPULATION DENSITY
Average 6,000
people per square mile, roughly double the county average
Some areas exceed
20,000 people per sq. mile
Population 593,108
(6% of LA County)
EMPLOYMENT
DENSITY
Almost 1/3 of all
office space in L.A. County.
Second largest
employment area in the region @ 427,199 jobs just after
downtown LA with 557,951 jobs
CONGESTION
I-10 and I-405
rated 2nd most congested in the nation
Arterial roads
operate at “F’
Transit speeds
average 11 MPH
HIGH
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP
Bus ridership on
the Westside exceed 300,000 boardings per week day
Approximately 18.3%
of Westside households do not have vehicles compared to 10.9%
for the county
13% of Westsiders
use transit to work, double the county average of 6%.
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This page was last updated on
04/09/07.
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