Overview
Metro is assisting the City of Los Angeles on the Restoration of the Historic Streetcar Service in Downtown Los Angeles. Metro began work in 2011 in partnership with the now defunct Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) and the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering.
The Streetcar aims to connect, revitalize and restore Downtown LA districts and its historic core and will function as an access point allowing patrons to make easier connections to the existing regional network. This includes numerous local and regional bus lines, Metro Rail stations and the planned Regional Connector.
In partnership with CRA/LA and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Metro assisted in the preparation of the Alternatives Analysis (AA). The AA was completed in early 2012 and a locally preferred alternative (LPA) was designated by the now defunct CRA Board of Directors and Los Angeles City Council in February 2012. In January 2013, a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA) was issued and Metro is currently assisting the City with the preparation of the environmental document and application for a federal grant.
Last Revised
Monday June 17, 2013
Meetings
Completed Meetings
2013
EIR Scoping Meeting
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
10-11am, 6:30-8pm
Caltrans District 7
100 S Main St, 1st Fl
Conference Room 1A
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Click here for the presentation
The scoping period was from January 3, 2012 - February 11, 2013.
Notice of Preparation & Initial Study
The Notice of Preparation (NOP) and Initial Study (IS) are available in the Reports and Info box to the right, or on the City of Los Angeles’ Bureau of Engineering website.
2011
Community Update
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Open House: 5:30pm - 6pm
Presentation: 6pm - 6:30pm
Question & Answer: 6:30pm - 7pm
Caltrans District 7
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Open House: 5:30pm - 6pm
Presentation: 6pm - 6:30pm
Question & Answer: 6:30pm - 7pm
Caltrans District 7
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Early Scoping Meeting
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Open House: 4pm - 6pm
Public Comment: 6pm - 7:30pm
Los Angeles Theatre
615 S Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90014
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Last Revised
Monday May 13, 2013
Showing the latest posts relating to: Historic Streetcar Service in Downtown Los Angeles
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Posted by Carter Rubin on November 10, 2011 9:18 am
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The Source reported recently that the Metro team in charge of planning the proposed downtown L.A. streetcar had selected seven “alternatives” to study in greater detail as the process ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on November 3, 2011 9:44 am
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A community update meeting for the L.A. Streetcar project is tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Caltrans building (100 S. Main Street) in downtown Los Angeles.
In case you missed it, ...
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Posted by Carter Rubin on October 25, 2011 6:02 pm
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The Metro team studying the possible resurrection of streetcar service in downtown Los Angeles has released a briefing package [PDF] that details the seven routes now under consideration and ...
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Posted by Carter Rubin on August 30, 2011 9:59 am
- Since last week’s “fun with maps” seemed to spur a robust discussion among readers, I wanted to post another of my favorites: this Los Angeles transit map from 1928. Click the image ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on August 2, 2011 10:19 am
- Metro is holding a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. today in the 1st floor conference room at the Caltrans building (1st and Main streets) to discuss the planning process and possible routes for the ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on July 22, 2011 10:00 am
- Click above to see a larger version of the map.
Metro has announced an Aug. 2 meeting in downtown L.A. (details below) to discuss the study process for a project to return streetcar service to ...
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Posted by Carter Rubin on May 18, 2011 9:09 am
- A Metro staff member discusses the various phases and timeline for the project.
In the lobby of the historic Los Angeles Theater, nearly 100 Angelenos participated in a workshop last night to learn ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on April 29, 2011 9:43 am
- A rendering of the downtown L.A. streetcar. By L.A. Streetcar, Inc.
The formal environmental review of the proposed downtown Los Angeles streetcar project is underway. The scoping meeting on May is a ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on March 2, 2011 10:40 am
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photo from Metro Transportation Library and Archive’s Flickr page
I thought we’d get historical for today’s photo. This is a view north of Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, taken ...
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Posted by Fred Camino on February 8, 2011 11:30 am
- A study by AECOM released today reveals that the proposed $125 million downtown L.A. streetcar system would bring major economic returns to the city center in the form of new development, job ...
