LAX Airport $2 Billion People Mover Train | Construction Update
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- Опубліковано 25 бер 2024
- Update, we are now looking at a completion date of April 2025 to compliment the Airport Metro Connector's completion in 2025.
The APM will have nine trains, each with four cars. Each car will carry up to 50 passengers and their luggage, with a total of 200 per train. Train speed will top out at 47 mph. Trains will be available at each station every two minutes with a total of 10 minutes travel time end-to-end. For easy access, the APM trains will have large, wide doors and each car will have 12 seats designated for travelers in need. The APM will be FREE for all users and operate at all times. Anticipated use will be 30 million passengers per year.
The APM trains, elevators, escalators, and moving sidewalks provide for quick access to the terminals and stations. Passengers will be able to view real-time flight information, public art in a variety of media, and will see the iconic Theme Building from a brand new perspective as the train enters the Central Terminal Area.
In addition to reducing traffic, the APM will leverage cutting-edge sustainability practices to reduce the airport area’s carbon footprint. The system’s fleet will consist of 44 cars that are fully electric powered, 98% recyclable, and generate a portion of their own power through regenerative breaking, while providing an industry-leading ride quality for users. Our command center and maintenance facility generates nearly half of its power from solar energy and is designed to be LEED Gold Certified. These design enhancements allowed the team to offset the carbon equivalent of 12 million vehicle miles driven.
The APM is an historic investment in Los Angeles’ emerging businesses and workforce. More than $580 Million has been identified for local, small or disabled veteran-owned businesses, with $94 Million commitment exclusively to local, small businesses right here in Los Angeles. The project will create more than 2,000 construction jobs, with 30% of those opportunities being reserved for residents of Los Angeles as well as highly impacted communities near LAX. Sixty percent of careers during the 25-year Operations and Maintenance phase are designated for local workers. LINXS, the selected APM developer-has built partnerships with community-based organizations to focus on expanding the pipeline of workers, especially those from non-traditional backgrounds. Through more than $900,000 in investments, the project will create infrastructure career pathways for women, former foster youth, individuals in reentry and transitioning out of gang involvement, and persons with disabilities. HireLAX, LAWA’s Apprenticeship Readiness Program, will be a key partner in this effort, as will other resources offered by the Building Trades and other industry partners. Beginning in March 2018, LINXS will host an on-site career resources office. - Спорт
Don't understand why you're shaming the buses. They're saving more space than they're taking up. Exactly what the APM is meant to do.
I agree. It's some sort of enviro elitist point of view I'm guessing. He has no idea how many people are on the bus.... but it's still a "waste of space". I thought John was more sensible to be a ding dong like that.
yeah I unsubbed, lost any respect I had for this guy. too bad
Nah I think he's the type of person to view busses as taking away space for cars. He's probably looking forward to the APM so the horseshoe will be private cars only@@colbyjack7074
@chase7417 Geez, one unthoughtful spontaneous comment and you unsub? What a black and white world you live in. No room for mistakes or accidents, etc. I guess you're perfect, too. Must be nice.
A 45-ft bus (which this appears to be) holds about 52 passengers. A 14-ft car? 5 at best!
Really sucks it is getting pushed back to 2025 but thank you for the update.
Not officially true. The LAWA website still says it will open in 2024. That April 2025 date comes from a Fitch rating service report that speculated the project will be delayed, and that the news media picked up.
@@mrxman581 I’d put money on it not even opening by April ‘25. It was supposed to open the end of ‘23, then early ‘24. They’re going to keep pushing it back. I’ll be surprised if it’s functional by the 2028 Olympics.
@@DicksonMaimouth Fuck hope!!!!!
ah memories of hours in traffic. It's crazy this APM is taking so long
So awesome to watch these updates when they are recorded. Thank you John!
Long overdue! Great job LAX. You're finally coming succinct with the times. SFO has had a people mover for 20+ years now.
Take it another 100,000 to build this shitshow.
Haven't tried the SFO People Mover yet, but I'm definitely looking forward to LAX's version of the People Mover! I also heard that SAN is also gonna get a People Mover for the new Terminal 1 they're building, so we'll see how the progress goes for those two projects.
Wow, great video. So much walking involved in using this system and airport. A real problem for people with mobility issues, low energy problems, the elderly. I'm glad to learn the metro station and people mover will open together.
I believe that the pedestrian walkways from the APM Stations to the Terminals will have moving walkways as to make more easy transit to and from.
@@damienruud9742Yes, they will. It's official.
Love to see the progress! Can't wait to use the SkyLink!! (the name leaked a couple of days ago)
Thanks for the update!!
As long as the overnight parking near the people mover station is affordable I may start driving myself to the airport. I’ll avoid entering the terminals by car like the plague
Great Update Video!!!
One more year to go and you're all set to grand opening soon until April 2025 to LAX People Mover Train to airport terminals at Los Angeles International Airport.
Thank goodness for you John. I live less than 10 min from SoFi, and see buildings and wonder what they are!!!
4:45 LAX traffic looks pretty fast to me!
This project is so important. Having to drive to the airport for a city the size of Los Angeles is a shame. It's like most of the U.S. is set up like a rural village. Cars, cars, cars everywhere and usually it is the only way. Glad LAX is finally stepping up their game. LAX sucks right now except for Tom Bradley International Terminal.
LAX People Mover Train will be opening soon until April 2025 for next year.
Really hoping they charge a fee for entering the horseshoe by car once the people mover starts. Otherwise, it will become super crowded again. Just like after the widening of the 405, it was nice for about a month then became more packed than ever before.
Update: the LAX/Metro Transit Center station is now projected to open in 2024. I'm having trouble revisiting the places where I read this; updates happen in Metro newsletters, but that information is not always updated on their relevant web pages.
But as I understand it, Metro will start running trains through there BEFORE the separate People Mover project into the airport is complete. After this happens, I would expect the LAX shuttle buses will no longer go to Aviation Station on the C line, but will temporarily go to the new transit center instead, until the People Mover opens.
It could also be that LAX shuttles would run to the Century station instead, but I don't know if there's bus infrastructure (loading zones/ bus stops) at that station. So I don't think they will use the Century station for that.
Las time I flew into LAX from here in Fresno was 2020 and the construction was nowhere near finished. Can't wait to fly down once everything is done. Too bad the rest of the city is going down the drain
So when LAX is going to start construction of the terminals 9 and concourse 0? It should be sometime in 2024 if I remember right
Not happening this year.
@@JEK Well that's unfortuante. Recently, I heard that LAX needs the APM and the Midfield Satelite Concourse (South) to be open by next year so then the construction of both Terminal 9 & Concourse 0 could start.
any update on the old delta / Raytheon / flight sim area? APM Columns 40's
I don’t see concourse 0 and terminal 9 starting construction yet. They haven’t started yet! Please tell me what is going on??
They haven't started yet. Maybe next year.
Concourse 0 can't start until the people mover is finished, because it sits on what is LAXit right now, and Terminal 9 can't start until the Midfield Satellite Concourse is completed.
@@leeszikiat7953 ahh okay! Thanks so much for your help. So please keep us updated.
$2 billion is ridiculous
Bribe each other.
They are still so far away from finishing. One more year. That’s what we said last year. I’m surprised the stations are still not finished. This further delays the Metro station and the new rental car facility.
I heard that they will delay the project until October 2025 🤓 and nobody will be punished for the delay.🤓
That’s a big hypocrisy to a car rental facility’s with a delay of the opening day of the people mover.
Saw them building this like 6 years ago. They still haven't finished 🤦🏼wtf
SJW DEI little memes. FUCK HOPE!!!!!!
I doubt the hotel shuttles or Airport commuter buses will stop entering the horseshoe. What will help the traffic is force private cars to drop off and pickup passengers near the car rental facility and then take the skylink train. Only public transportation buses allowed in the horseshoe
Star trek. Voyager.
What are those “Y” shape columns for?
Are you referring to the street lights?
@@JEK I guess?
Unfortunately, they won’t be ready until late 2025. Sorry to say, people mover is delayed open until late 2025.
To defend John's statement about the bus taking up space, I'm sure he was just referring to the amount of actual physical space it takes up on the road, and not about its efficiency to transport passengers compared to personal vehicles.
The good thing is that neither personal vehicles nor buses should be using the horseshoe once the APM is operational.
Thanks. Not anti-bus, just making an observation; part of the problem with traffic in the horseshoe. The hard part once the APM is in use, will be keeping people out of the loop and utilizing pick ups and drop offs at the ITF stations. But in theory, it should be way faster riding the APM (which claims is 10 min. in total-Conrac to Bradley)
@@JEK a bus with 50 people on it takes up "3 car lengths" seems like a very efficient use of space if you ask me. Pretty pathetic that you look past the tens of thousands of cars that drive thru the horseshoe everyday but find time to talk shit on the Flyaway bus.
@@chromebombpretty pathetic you can’t look at the video and see the buses are in fact clogging the road at the moment he makes that comment.
They're making good progress again. I checked the LAWA website about 2 weeks ago, and it still says the APM will open this year.
I really like the idea of covering the old parking structures with those vertical louvers. It's a relatively simple cosmetic change that can go a long way to make LAX more stylish by complimenting what they've already done at the new Conrac structure.
That truncated pedestrian bridge for the future Concourse 0 looks weird, but it's good they're doing it now. Have you heard any information on when they plan to start construction of it?
How about Terminal 9? Anything going on over there?
That's for another informative update.
The start of concourse 0 and T9 probably in 2025. I believe other things need to be complete before that has room to advance.
@@JEK Not likely. LAWA has not approved the financing plan for T0. Southwest is working on it. As for T9, last word was LAWA was going to hold a design competition and then pursue financing and a contractor. It is NOT likely any or all of that will happen before 2026. ... The APM has been delayed by a disagreement with the contractor. LAWA has been keeping this development to itself. But in a prospectus for a bond offering, one of the ratings agencies reported that the APM will not begin operating this year because of the conflict.
Based on the last report, only "elements" will be completed by 2028. I'm guessing maybe 2030 when we will see it completed along with additional APM stations.
They've been quite tight-lipped recently on construction news. Previously they published quite often on their news site. However, the last construction-related news release was back in January, and no news at all in February and only three releases this month of which none have to do with construction.
I heard that they will delay the project until October 2025 🤓 and nobody will be punished for the delay.🤓
NOBODY CARES!!!!!!!!
How has this sat seemingly finished but unopened for this long now?
Did you see the video? It's not finished. Geez!
I agree, John. The buses are a waste of space.
Bunch of thuggery happens in those buses.
Not safe.
It's Mr. Gaslighting again. Never fails.
@@mrxman581 ?