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Metro has announced that the $900 million LAX/Metro Transit Center is opening on
June 6. Formerly known as the Metro Airport Connector, the station will link Metro’s C
and K Lines directly to LAX via a free airport shuttle that runs every 15 minutes.
Shuttles will pick up and drop off at the lower level of each terminal.
The LAX/Metro Transit Center is a multilevel rail station near 96th Street and Aviation
Boulevard that will serve as the transit hub for the LAX area. It will be one of the stops
on the 2.2-mile route taking passengers to and from the LAX terminals.
There will be a bus plaza there, with connections to several Metro bus lines, LAX
FlyAway shuttles, Culver City Bus, Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus and Torrance Transit. A
bicycle hub will round out the transit center.
The entire route is set to be completed early next year with the opening of the $3.3
billion automated people mover at LAX. The LAX Automated People Mover (AMP) is a
new train that will provide on-time access to terminals, parking, pickup and drop-off
curbs, making travel in and around the airport faster, safer and easier.
The AMP project is not to be confused with the people mover project formerly proposed
by the City of Inglewood. The Inglewood Transit Connector project, a $2.4 billion
endeavor, was recently sidelined after being rejected by owners of the Los Angeles Rams
and Clippers and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Inglewood), who pulled $200
million out of the project.
Inglewood’s new Transit Connector Project has been reimagined as smaller scale
improvements to boost transit between the city’s downtown Market Street district and
the burgeoning sports and entertainment area surrounding the Hollywood Park/SoFi
Stadium complex. The new version includes dedicated bus and bike lanes, synchronized
traffic lights and beautification of Market Street.
The Inglewood City Council approved a $34 million award on April 22 to the Elevate
Inglewood Partners consortium to reassess the transit project. The original vision for
the Inglewood Transit Connector has been pushed out until after the 2028 Olympics, if
it moves forward at all.
