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Metro Orange Line Extension; Four Years Early and $61 Million Under Budget ITE District 6 Meeting July 15, 2013 Michael P. Meyer Innovation for better mobility Innovation for better mobility The Metro Orange Line Extension Innovation for

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Metro Orange Line Extension; Four Years Early and $61 Million Under Budget

ITE District 6 Meeting – July 15, 2013 Michael P. Meyer

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The Metro Orange Line Extension

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Project Overview

Metro Orange Line North Hollywood to Warner Center

  • 13 Miles, 12 Stations
  • Off-street Busway
  • Designed to LRT Standards
  • Parallel Bicycle/Pedestrian

Pathway

  • Opened 2005
  • Ridership success with

25,000 riders per day

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Project Overview Continued

Metro Orange Line Extension

  • 4 Miles, 4 New Stations, 1

Reconfigured

  • Off-Street Busway Designed

to LRT Standards

  • Parallel Bicycle/Pedestrian

Pathway

  • Opened June 2012
  • Total Orange Line Ridership

now 30,000/day

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Contract Phases

  • AA/Draft EIR
  • Final EIR
  • Conceptual Engineering
  • Preliminary Engineering
  • Design Development of

Design/Build Documents

  • Included PS& E Option
  • Engineering Services

During Construction

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Lessons Learned - Planning

Alternatives Analysis and Environmental Clearance

  • Study All Reasonable

Alternatives

  • Incorporate Mitigation into

Project Description (Noise Walls)

  • Preserve Leases Where

Feasible

  • Cautious Parking Demand

Forecast

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Self Storage Lease Preserved

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Leases Preserved

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Alignment Issues

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Bike/Ped Pathway Adjacent to Canoga Avenue, but on Busway Bridge over LA River

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Environmental Impact

  • Architectural Treatment to

Reduce Visual Impact

  • Rendering of Overcrossing

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Lessons Learned - Design

  • Wider Busway to Avoid

Mirror Clippings

  • Extended Concrete on

Intersection Approaches

  • 90 Degree Crossings
  • Landscape Issues
  • Pruning Trees
  • Bushes Obscuring Path
  • City ROW Adjacent to

Metro ROW

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Typical Cross Section

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Expediting Construction

  • Construction Staging Plan

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Station Construction Staging

North Parking Lot Separate Contract

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Construction Staging on South Lot Bus Terminus Built After Overcrossing

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North Parking Lot

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Chatsworth Station

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Lassen St./Railroad Overcrossing

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Bus-Rail Non-Interface

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Overcrossing at Night

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Photos by John Livzey

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Canoga Station

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Sherman Way Station

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Roscoe Station

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Non-Motorized Access

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Nordhoff Station

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Awards

  • Community Impact category of the 43rd Annual Los

Angeles Architectural Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) Awards.

  • Project Achievement Award, to recognize outstanding

achievement in the practice of construction management – CMAA Southern California Chapter

  • Innovative Transportation Solutions Award for 2012 from

the WTS Los Angeles Chapter

  • AIA San Fernando Valley Architectural Achievement

award 2012

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Summary

  • Examined lessons learned from previous project
  • Anticipated legal challenges
  • Incorporated mitigation into project design
  • Evaluated construction staging to identify long lead-time

items

  • Considered contracting options/Chose hybrid approach
  • Took advantage of economic times
  • Political will to make this the first Measure R Project

constructed

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Questions

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