So, this is kind of significant.
Quote:
Metro Narrows its Options for the Crenshaw Line Extension to Hollywood
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Repeated delays have pushed the anticipated opening date of Metro's Crenshaw/LAX Line back to 2021. But while the 8.5-mile light rail line's debut may remain on the horizon, transportation officials are now considering which path the train should take on its voyage north to Hollywood.
Later this month, the Metro Board of Directors is scheduled to vote to initiate an environmental impact report for the proposed extension, which was allocated $2.3 billion under the 2016 Measure M expenditure plan.
Drawing on recommendations from a report submitted by engineering firm AECOM, the environmental study will consider three potential alignments (La Brea, Fairfax, and San Vicente Hybrid Option 2, discarding an earlier concept which would have routed trains east toward Koreatown. Instead, each of the proposed options call for the Crenshaw Line to run through Mid-Wilshire and West Hollywood toward a new terminus at Hollywood/Highland Station - and potentially the Hollywood Bowl.
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https://urbanize.la/post/metro-narro...sion-hollywood
The three alternatives and a few notes:
1) The La Brea alignment would have a station at Beverly.
2) The dashed segment along La Cienega should be ignored.
3) Ridership projections per the report (click link):
La Brea: 88,380
Fairfax: 88,751
Hybrid: 89,984
4) Travel times:
La Brea: 12.4 minutes
Fairfax: 15.7 minutes
Hybrid: 20.6 minutes
5) Cost:
La Brea: $3-4.4 billion
Fairfax: $4.7-5.3 billion
Hybrid: $5.5-6.5 billion
6) Ridership per mile:
La Brea: 14,029
Fairfax: 11,094
Hybrid: 9,089
7) Cost per mile:
La Brea: $476.2-698.4 million
Fairfax: $587.5-662.5 million
Hybrid: $555.6-656.6 million
8) Cost per rider:
La Brea: $33,984-49,785
Fairfax: $52,957-59,718
Hybrid: $61,122-72,235
