Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit Project provides update on release of Draft EIR

Community engagement is set to begin in 2022 for the Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit (LA ART) project; the private group planning to build the aerial rapid transit project between Union Station and Dodger Stadium recently sent out a letter informing those interested in the project. 

The project team will spend the first half of 2022 meeting with residents, businesses and organizations to gather feedback and refine the project. It’s anticipated that the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) will then be released to the public this summer. As a reminder: the LA ART project is not a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) project; however, L.A> Metro is the lead agency for the environmental review process under state law. 

L.A. Metro invites stakeholders to stay up to date on the progress of this project by visiting the LA ART website that has the latest community update meeting presentation from June 2021. The LA ART outreach team notes that in 2021, the team talked with more than 12,000 households and met with close to 60 organizations from Chinatown, El Pueblo, Solano Canyon and Mission Junction, as well as State Parks, L.A. Metro and Los Angeles city officials. 

These conversations led to project developments such as the proposed Community Access Program, which will ensure affordable rides for those who live and work along the route, and the selection of the Broadway Alignment, the preferred project route with an intermediate station in Chinatown.