LAX Automated People Mover
LAX Automated People Mover vehicle in 2022
Overview
StatusUnder construction
OwnerLos Angeles World Airports
LocaleLos Angeles International Airport
Stations6
Websitelalinxs.com
Service
TypeAutomated people mover
Operator(s)LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS)
Rolling stockAlstom Innovia APM 300
History
Planned opening2024 (2024)[1]
Technical
Line length2.25 mi (3.62 km)
Number of tracks2
CharacterFully elevated
Operating speed
  • 13.5 mph (21.7 km/h) (avg.)
  • 47 mph (75 km/h) (top)
Route map
West CTA
(Terminals 3, 4, B)
 Center CTA
(Terminals 1, 2, 5, 6)
 East CTA
(Terminals 7, 8)
California 1.svg
SR 1
Sepulveda Boulevard
 Terminal 9
(Future)
Century Boulevard
 LAX City Bus Center
 West ITF
Maintenance and Storage Facility
 C Line K Line 
 East ITF
 CONRAC
Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible

The LAX Automated People Mover is an automated people mover (APM) system around the Los Angeles International Airport area, currently under construction for Los Angeles World Airports. To be operated by LAX Integrated Express Solutions, the LAX APM will run 2.25 miles (3.62 km) and will have six stations that connect the Los Angeles Metro Rail, a consolidated rental car center (CONRAC), and two intermodal transportation facilities (ITF) with the airport's central terminal area (CTA).

Service description

LAX Automated People Mover guideway and West ITF station under construction in October 2021

Route description

The LAX Automated People Mover (APM) will run 2.25 miles (3.62 km) and will have six stations.[2]

The APM will serve three stations in the central terminal area (CTA) each with footbridges with moving walkways to nearby terminals. The west station will connect to terminals 3, 4, and B (the Tom Bradley International Terminal), the center station will connect to terminals 1, 2, 5 and 6, and the east station will connect to terminals 7 and 8 with a future connection to terminals 0 and 1 planned. Continuing to the east, the line will travel over Sepulveda Boulevard and skirt along the airfield where provisions have been made for a station to be added if a terminal 9 is built in the future.

At that point, the line turns to the north, crossing Century Boulevard to reach the LAX West Intermodal Transportation Facility (ITF), a large parking structure with a kiss and ride area and access to the LAX City Bus Center and nearby hotels.

From there, the route continues east along 96th Street, passing the line's maintenance yard and crossing over the Metro Rail tracks before arriving at the East ITF station which will offer access to the LAX/Metro Transit Center station when it opens in 2024, along with parking.

Trains then travel a short distance to the east and enter the LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (ConRAC), a massive parking structure that will house all of the major rental car companies that operate at LAX.[3]

Hours and frequency

The APM is expected to operate 24 hours a day. During peak hours (9 a.m. to 11 p.m.) trains will arrive every two minutes. The line will have a ten-minute end-to-end travel time.[4]

Rolling stock

Interior of LAX Automated People Mover vehicle

The system's fleet will consist of 44 Innovia APM 300 vehicles built by Alstom (initially Bombardier Transportation). Each vehicle can accommodate up to 50 passengers and their luggage, with 12 seated and the rest standing.[5][6] During peak periods, vehicles will operate in four-car trains, with nine trains on the line. Trains will operate with a top speed of 47 miles per hour (75 km/h) and an average speed (including stops) of 13.5 miles per hour (21.7 km/h).

Station listing

The following is the complete list of stations, from west to east.

Station Name Connections and notes[7]
A West CTA Terminals: 3, 4, 5, B, Parking Garages: P3, P4
B Center CTA Terminals: 1, 2, 5, 6, Parking Garages: P2a, P2b, P5, P6
C East CTA Terminals: 7, 8, Parking Garages: P1, P7, Theme Building, Bob Hope USO, Future connection to Terminals 0 & 1[8]
D Terminal 9 Future infill station
E West ITF Economy parking, LAX City Bus Center, hotel shuttles, access to Airport Blvd
F East ITF Parking Lot: E, access to Aviation Blvd, LAX/Metro Transit Center C Line K Line  (2024)
G CONRAC Consolidated rental car center

History

Background

In November 1983, a second-level was added to World Way to address congestion

The Los Angeles International Airport has long struggled with gridlocked traffic on World Way, the main road that circles through the airport's central terminal area, that can often back up onto Century Boulevard or the Airport Tunnel, which connects the airport to Interstate 405 and Interstate 105 respectively.[6]

Ahead of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, a second level was added to World Way, sending vehicles dropping off departing passengers to the upper level and those picking up arriving passengers to the lower.[9] The relief was short-lived, and by the 2000s, the airport had ranked as one of the nation's most congested and hardest to navigate.[6] That led airport managers to spend over US$15 billion to modernize the airport, with an automated people mover (APM) being one of the major improvements. The project was given added urgency in 2017 when Los Angeles was awarded its bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics.

LAX Automated People Mover Maintenance and Storage Facility

Planning

After receiving three bids, Los Angeles World Airports announced it had chosen LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the APM for a period of 25 years.[10][11] LINXS is a joint venture, public–private partnership of ACS, Alstom, Balfour Beatty, Fluor and Hochtief, with assistance from HDR and Flatiron West.[12] The Los Angeles City Council approved the US$4.9 billion project on April 11, 2018.[11]

Beyond the construction of the APM guideway and stations, LAX has also planned several projects that will enable or connect to the APM. New vertical cores will be built near each terminal, enabling vertical movement of passengers with elevators and escalators, as well as pedestrian bridges over World Way with moving walkways to connect terminals to the APM stations and to existing airport parking structures. LAX is building cores between terminals 5 and 6, at terminals 7 and at terminal B (the Tom Bradley International Terminal) at the cost of $490 million. New cores were also included in larger renovation projects at terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4.[13]

The APM will also connect to the LAX West Intermodal Transportation Facility (West ITF), a US$294.1 million, 4,300 space parking structure with a lot to pick up and drop off passengers and areas for shuttle buses, the new LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (ConRAC), a massive parking structure that will house all of the major rental car companies that operate at LAX in one location located adjacent to Interstate 405, and to the LAX/Metro Transit Center station (East ITF), connecting passengers to the Los Angeles Metro Rail C and K Lines and other transit services.[14]

Altogether, these projects are called the Landside Access Modernization Program and are expected to cost a total of US$5.5 billion.[15]

Construction

In 2018, 2,100 parking spaces in lot C were removed to reconfigure the area for the West ITF.[15] Utility relocation started in the second quarter of 2018.[4] Construction on the West ITF officially began in the summer of 2019[16] and CONRAC broke ground in September 2019.[17] The first large concrete pour for the APM occurred in September 2020 at the West ITF station.[18]

Construction on the 2.25 miles (3.62 km) of two-track elevated guideway began in the spring of 2019 with the first underground support columns being placed. The first concrete for the columns was poured in January 2020. The pouring of the concrete for the guideway began in September 2020 and it was completed in May 2022. A total of 69,700 cubic yards (53,300 m3) of concrete was poured and one million work hours were completed to complete this project.[19][20][4]

LAX/Metro Transit Center station construction in September 2023

Connecting Los Angeles's Metro Rail system to the airport, which was studied by transit planners since the 1980s,[21] started when Metro commenced construction on the LAX/Metro Transit Center station on June 21, 2021. It is a new station that will connect Metro and other transit services to the East ITF station. The new station will link the LAX Automated People Mover to the C and K rail lines, Metro Bus, and other municipal bus operators, including Santa Monica Big Blue Bus. Additionally, a customer service center and Metro Bike Hub will be constructed.[14]

After two years of construction, West ITF's economy parking structure opened on October 19, 2021. Until the APM opens, temporary shuttle buses transport passengers between the airport and the facility.[22]

As of October 2023, station construction progress and guideway construction/installation finishes are at 92%.[23]

References

  1. ↑ https://emma.msrb.org/P21752245-P21345408-P21780601.pdf
  2. ↑ Cain, Josh (March 14, 2019). "Officials touted 2.25-mile LAX Automated People Mover at groundbreaking". Daily Breeze. Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  3. ↑ "LAX is bringing all rental car companies to one location near 405 with People Mover train to airport". Daily Breeze. September 12, 2019. Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2019 – via City News Service.
  4. 1 2 3 Sharp, Steven (February 16, 2018). "Renderings Galore for the LAX Automated People Mover". Urbanize LA. Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Automated People Mover (APM) Train System". Los Angeles World Airports. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Uranga, Rachel (August 3, 2022). "LAX's traffic nightmare could end with new people mover, but you'll have to wait". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 4, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  7. ↑ LAX Unveils Automated People Mover Train (Video). Los Angeles World Airports. August 2, 2022. Event occurs at 0:38. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022 – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "East CTA Station Fact Sheet" (PDF). LAX Integrated Express Solutions. 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  9. ↑ Levin, Jay (April 22, 1984). "LAX being molded into an easy airport". Daily Breeze. Copley News Service. p. A1 – via NewsBank.
  10. ↑ "Three Firms Have Submitted Bids to Build a People Mover at LAX". KNBC. November 10, 2017. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018 – via City News Service.
  11. 1 2 Nelson, Laura J. (April 11, 2018). "City Council approves long-awaited people mover to LAX". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Meet the Team". LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS). Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  13. ↑ "LAWA Official Site | Transforming LAX". www.lawa.org. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  14. 1 2 Jager, Rick (June 21, 2021). "Groundbreaking held for Airport Metro Connector project". The Source. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  15. 1 2 Sharp, Steven (December 8, 2017). "LAX Takes First Step Toward Construction of $5.5-Billion Landside Access Modernization Project". Urbanize LA. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  16. ↑ "LAX Breaks Ground on Intermodal Transportation Facility – West, A Key Component of the Landside Access Modernization Program". Los Angeles World Airports (Press release). Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Mayor Garcetti and Los Angeles World Airports Break Ground on Historic Consolidated Rental Car Facility". Los Angeles World Airports (Press release). September 12, 2019. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  18. ↑ Sharp, Steven (September 15, 2020). "Construction Continues for LAX Automated People Mover". Urbanize LA. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Fluor Joint Venture completes LAX's APM train guideway structure". Mass Transit (magazine). May 5, 2022. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Officials Break Ground On $5.5 Billion People Mover At LAX". CBS Los Angeles. March 14, 2019. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  21. ↑ COASTAL CORRIDOR RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT NORTH SEGMENT (PDF). Metro (Report). Bechtel. August 1988. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  22. ↑ "New LAX parking structure opens Tuesday with 4,300 new spots, pre-booking discounts". KTLA. October 15, 2021. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Monthly Performance Report – October 2023" (PDF).
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