In+Motion Spring 2020 Vol 27 No 1

Foundation work continues on LAX Automated People Mover

A view of the construction for the West Central Terminal Area People Mover Station from the roof of Tom Bradley International Terminal Image credit: LAWA

East Station and 10 minutes to the future Consolidated Rent-A-Car (ConRAC) facility. Earlier this year, the first APM column was constructed inside the CTA and will support the future East CTA Station that will connect to Terminals 7 and 8 and Parking Structure 1 via elevated pedestrian bridges. The APM, a 2.25-mile elevated electric train system that will transport travelers in and out of the LAX CTA, is the centerpiece of Los Angeles World Airports’s LAMP project. The APM will feature six stations: three stations inside the CTA, which connect to the terminals via elevated pedestrian walkways, and three stations outside the CTA, which will connect to new off-site parking continued on p 5 Experience LAX’s APM in Virtual Reality LAWA is offering interactive models with views of and from within the APM’s CTA stations and two Intermodal Transportation Facility (ITF) stations. The models offer a glimpse into the integrated campus design of the APM system. The new virtual reality models can be accessed by scanning a Quick Response (QR) Code with a smartphone, which will direct the viewer to one of six models of the stations. Viewers can also enhance the experience with the use of 3D glasses. Visit https:// www.lawa.org/-/media/lawa-web/connecting-lax/fact sheets/apm- in-virtual-reality.ashx

LOS ANGELES – Foundation work began in February on the site of the future West Central Terminal Area (CTA) Station at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The West CTA Station is one of six stations that make up the new Automated People Mover (APM) train system. Lea+Elliott is the APM System Consultant and Program Management Advisor on the LAX Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP) Management team, providing procurement and implementation services, including oversight of Operating System design, procurement, manufacturing, testing, and interface and installation activities. The largest of the six stations, the West CTA will be built between Parking Structures 3 and 4 and will connect to Terminals 3, 4 and 5 and Tom Bradley International Terminal via elevated pedestrian bridges . “When the Automated People Mover’s West CTA station opens, people arriving at Tom Bradley International Terminal from all over the world will make a seamless transition to enjoy all Los Angeles has to offer,” said Jake Adams, Deputy Executive Director, Landside Access Modernization Program, LAWA. “Now, anyone arriving or departing on the West side of LAX can see the monumental transformation underway.” From the West CTA Station, the last stop on the route, the approximate peak hour (between 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.) travel times via the APM will be six minutes to the future Intermodal Transportation Facility (ITF)-West, eight minutes to the future ITF-

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