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East <strong>San</strong> <strong>Fernando</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Transit Corridor<br />
Project Study Area<br />
East <strong>San</strong> <strong>Fernando</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Transit<br />
Corridor<br />
Sylmar and <strong>San</strong> <strong>Fernando</strong> share a stop on the<br />
Metrolink commuter rail line, with limited intermodal<br />
connections. The Metrolink rail running north south<br />
through the northeast valley provides an opportunity<br />
to discuss Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)<br />
in a significant way. Focusing exclusively on transportation,<br />
however, can overlook land use planning<br />
goals. This raises the timeless question “Should<br />
all development be concentrated around transit…<br />
or should transit be extended to serve existing and<br />
new suburban business districts that currently lack<br />
transit service?” 1 Successful corridors need vigilant<br />
management. 2<br />
As currently planned by Metro/Los Angeles County<br />
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the <strong>Northeast</strong><br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Fernando</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Transit Corridor will be served<br />
by either Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) or Light Rail Transit<br />
(LRT). The line is expected to extend from the<br />
Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks Orange Line Station to<br />
the Sylmar/<strong>San</strong> <strong>Fernando</strong> Metrolink Station at the<br />
boundary between the City of <strong>San</strong> <strong>Fernando</strong> and<br />
1 Geoffrey Booth et al., Transforming Suburban Business Districts,<br />
(Washington, D.C.: ULI-the Urban Land Institute, 2001), 52<br />
2 Nat Wilson, AIA UDAT<br />
the community of Sylmar in the City of Los Angeles.<br />
Thus offering multiple modes of transit, and a wider<br />
variety destinations to transit patrons.<br />
Calls have been made to assure that any such<br />
fixed guideway or right-of-way in the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Fernando</strong><br />
<strong>Valley</strong> includes grade separations, at least at major<br />
cross streets, and other protections to assure uninterrupted<br />
flows, and shorter travel times for riders.<br />
It bears noting that in 2011, 10% of grade crossing<br />
collisions in the United States occurred within the<br />
SCAG region of Southern California.<br />
Grade crossings are also proven to reduce travel<br />
times, eliminate delays, increase safety, decrease<br />
emissions from idling vehicles, and improve ridership.<br />
Fig. 7 - East <strong>Valley</strong> Transit Corridor - Alternative 4, Median-Running Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Metro Proposal<br />
Fig. 8 - Characteristics - East <strong>Valley</strong> Transit Corridor<br />
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