Selected Alternative
In December 2009, the Metro Board selected a Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA), and as of August 2010, Metro is conducting a Final Environmental Study for this alternative. This alternative includes the LRT Baseline alignment, plus Design Options 1, 2 and 4. Metro also authorized further study of the remaining design options.
In selecting this alternative, Metro staff eliminated the BRT (bus rapid transit) alternative, stating that it was too slow to provide much benefit, and that it generally lacked public support. Metro staff also concluded that the portion of the Crenshaw Corridor between Exposition and Wilshire was currently too expensive to include in this project if implemented as light-rail. Thus, study and implementation of that segment was deferred, to be considered separately in the future as a northern extension of the Crenshaw Line (see section below).
Metro estimates the light-rail line will initially have a daily ridership between 13,000 and 16,000, will cost $1.3 billion - $1.8 billion (in 2008 dollars), will take five years to complete construction, and will generate 7,800 construction jobs over this period.
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