In+Motion_Fall 2020

State-of-the-Art APM planned for Inglewood

Market Street Plaza ITC Station Rendering Image credit: SOM

Lea+Elliott wins MBTA GEC Contract BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) awarded Lea+Elliott a four-year “on-call” task order contract in June 2020. The contract is under the Capital Delivery department and has the lengthy title of “General Engineering Consulting Services for Design and Construction Phase Services for Infrastructure and Facility Improvements, Modernization and Reliability Projects.” Tasks are expected to focus on both project delivery and systems-related tasks (signals, communications and power). Lea+Elliott Project Manager Larry Miller, P.E. is excited about the opportunity to serve MBTA as a prime to demonstrate our deep technical systems knowledge and practical approach to problem solving. The team’s first assignment, which wrapped up in November, was for an Independent Design Review for a Commuter Rail Fiber Optic Resiliency project. In 2017, as part of MBTA’s efforts to meet upcoming deadlines for implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) across its commuter rail network, they installed hundreds of miles of aerial fiber optic cable to interconnect PTC and Automatic Train Control (ATC) bungalows and cabinets. Boston winters, with their frequent wind, snow, and ice storms, make maintaining connectivity a challenge. As such, MBTA is proceeding with a resiliency project to replicate the aerial system underground with a Design-Build (DB) project to be advertised early in 2021. Lea+Elliott reviewed the 15% and 30% design submittals that covered over 240 miles of track along twelve lines on more than

INGLEWOOD, CA – The City of Inglewood, the future locale for the 2022 Super Bowl and 2028 Olympics, is developing the Inglewood Transit Connector (ITC). The ITC will be a state-of-the-art automated transit system that will connect Inglewood residents, employees and visitors to the Forum, the future Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment District (LASED) development and the recently approved Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center (IBEC) activity center. The ITC will be a 1.6-mile-long, elevated system that will serve three stations and connect to the LA Metro Crenshaw Line, which is currently under construction. The City of Inglewood is undergoing a historic transformation with entertainment, retail, residential, and commercial developments planned and in progress that will revitalize Inglewood into the City of Champions. The City is actively pursuing opportunities to bring housing and employment to the City, while supporting new and revitalizing existing commercial areas. The ITC will provide critical transit connections and event-traffic mitigation for the existing and future residents and employees of the City, including for disadvantaged and low-income communities. The ITC will be in operation well in advance of the 2028 Olympics. The Lea+Elliott team integrated automated transit requirements with design aesthetics for the project definition development. We, along with major subconsultant SOM, are excited to continue working with the City and its other consultants to advance the ITC through the final planning and future procurement phases.

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