Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro Update 2014 NGFCU Planning Conference

Metro’s Family Tree Full Version Online: PeopleplotrPeopleplotr (family tree)

Early Years – Horse Drawn – 1870’s

Early Years – Cable Cars – 1880’s

Early Years – Electrification – 1890’s Better technology, overhead electrically- powered rail cars, allowed the transit system to rapidly consolidate, expand, and create the sprawling Southern California footprint we all know today. First Golden Age of transit construction takes off.

Famous Predecessors – Pacific Electric

Famous Predecessors – Los Angeles Ry

Motorization – GM’s 1939 Futurama

– Motorized Transit Only

Project Funding – Propositions A & C Prop. A ½ Cent Sales Tax Passed by voters at 54% Prop. C ½ Cent Sales Tax Passed by voters at 50.4%

Measure R – November 2008 A 3 rd half cent sales tax for a specific 30-year transportation improvement plan is adopted by LA County voters at 67.4%, reaching the 2/3rds majority required for new taxes by local “districts” in California. The prior Commission was exempt. Simple majority votes passed the two prior ½ cent sales taxes, without sunset clauses.

New Golden Age of Transportation Improvements Metro LocalMetro Express Metro Light Rail Metro Rapid Metro Heavy RailMetro Busway

Why are we doing this? Highway Speed

Most Recently Opened New Projects Metro Expo Light Rail Line Phase 1 to Culver City - Opened April 2012 Metro Orange Line Busway Extension from Warner Center to Chatsworth - Opened June 2012