In planning first/last mile infrastructure improvements, Metro’s First/Last Mile Planning program must coordinate with Caltrans to understand traffic and freight factors in a station area and implement any first/last mile interventions. Past first/last mile planning efforts, such as those along the Metro Blue Line, have encountered difficulty in changing streets at highways to create safer pathways for people walking or biking. In Los Angeles County, though, more than two-thirds of rail and busway stations are within a half-mile of a highway, meaning that improved interagency coordination and safer street designs must be an integral part of expanding first/last mile transit access.
