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7/7/2022
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) yesterday broke ground on the new Rail-to-Rail Active Transportation Corridor project in South Los Angeles.
The project is designed to transform an unused rail corridor into a 5.5-mile bicycle and pedestrian path to connect cyclists and walkers to the transit agency's rail lines. It's expected to be completed in 2024, L.A. Metro officials said in a press release.
The $143 million project has received funding from multiple sources, including a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, state Transportation Development Act funds, money from L.A. Metro's 2008 Measure R sales tax and a California State Active Transportation Program grant.
The path will connect the future K Line Fairview Heights Station, the Silver Line and the A Line Slauson Station with a two-way bike path and pedestrian walkway along L.A. Metro-owned right of way and city and county streets. Amenities will include landscaping, lighting, security cameras, street furniture and signage.
The project will also improve access to the communities of Hyde Park, Chesterfield Square, Harvard Park, Vermont-Slauson, South Park and Central-Alameda, L.A. Metro officials said. According to the latest census data, this corridor contains some of the county's highest percentages of people who rely on transit, biking and walking to get where they need to go, L.A. Metro officials said, with 19% of area households unable to access a car.
"Decades of work are made real as we invest and transform these old rail tracks into a corridor that the Slauson community can be proud of," said L.A. Metro Board Member Holly Mitchell. "We are focused on strategies to ensure these investments help lift our most vulnerable communities and preserve the fabric of communities who live here today."
The transit agency is currently studying a "rail-to-river" project that would extend the path to the Los Angeles River.