(Los Angeles, CA) – The Los Angeles City Council today unanimously voted to approve a 30-year $4.9B contract with LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Automated People Mover (APM) train system at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Today’s approval marks the largest contract ever awarded in the City’s history. The item was heard at Los Angeles City Council’s Trade, Travel and Tourism (TTT) committee meeting on April 10, where it was also unanimously approved.
Will LAX people mover be a game-changer for travelers using the airport? L.A. hopes so
After decades of debate and failed plans, it appears L.A. will soon finally have a rail link to Los Angeles International Airport.
The new people mover system comes after numerous aborted rail plans, including a bullet train from LAX to Las Vegas, another high-speed rail line from LAX to San Diego and the Green Line, which was supposed to go to LAX but never did. L.A. has fallen behind many other American cities when it comes to mass transit options at its main airports.
Here is what we know from the pages of The Times:
What exactly is the people mover?
The train is expected to begin service in March 2023.
LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS RECOMMENDS LINXS TO DESIGN, BUILD, FINANCE, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER AT LAX
(Los Angeles, CA) Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Board of Airport Commissioners (BOAC) has approved LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) as the Recommended Developer (RD) and has initiated the first agreement between the parties. The agreement with LINXS sets in motion the path towards full contract approval by BOAC and the Los Angeles City Council in April to design, build, finance, operate and maintain (DBFOM) the Automated People Mover (APM) at LAX.
LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS AUTHORIZES $336-MILLION DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT TERMINAL CORES FOR LAX’S AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER
(Los Angeles, CA) The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners (BOAC) authorized the award of a $336.5 million contract to design and build three terminal cores as part of Los Angeles World Airports’ (LAWA) Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP). The terminal cores consist of new and upgraded facilities that will be built in key locations around the terminal area to provide staircases, escalators, elevators, and walkways that will connect Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) terminals with the new Automated People Mover (APM). The five-year design-build (DB) contract was awarded to Austin Commercial, LP., of Dallas, Texas.
