LAX Automated People Mover#Station listing

{{Short description|Future automated people mover system serving Los Angeles International Airport}}

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| locale = Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

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| owner = Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)

| operator = LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS)

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The LAX Automated People Mover is an under construction automated people mover (APM) system that will eventually serve the area around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

The system will be owned by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and operated by LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS). The line will run for {{convert|2.25|mi}} and have six stations that connect the LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (ConRAC), the Los Angeles Metro Rail system, and the LAX West Intermodal Transportation Facility (West ITF) with the airport's central terminal area (CTA).

The line was initially planned to open in 2023, but as of July 2024, it is scheduled to open in January 2026. An arbitrator found that LAWA was responsible for nearly two years of delays by failing to take steps to integrate the APM with its communications network and the delayed construction of the Metro Rail's LAX/Metro Transit Center station. As a result, the airport and city agreed to pay an additional $600 million in change orders to the contractors.

Service description

= Route description =

The LAX Automated People Mover (APM) will run {{convert|2.25|mi}} along a line of six stations,{{Cite news |last=Cain |first=Josh |date=March 14, 2019 |title=Officials touted 2.25-mile LAX Automated People Mover at groundbreaking |url=http://www.dailybreeze.com/officials-to-tout-2-25-mile-lax-automated-people-mover-at-groundbreaking |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309084619/https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/03/14/officials-to-tout-2-25-mile-lax-automated-people-mover-at-groundbreaking/ |archive-date=March 9, 2023 |access-date=March 16, 2019 |work=Daily Breeze |language=en-US}} with parallel tracks forming a pinched loop.

The APM will serve three stations in the central terminal area (CTA) each with footbridges with moving walkways to nearby terminals. The west station will serve terminals 3, 4, and B (the Tom Bradley International Terminal), the center station will serve terminals 1, 2, 5 and 6, and the east station will serve terminals 7 and 8 with a future connection to terminal 1. Continuing to the east, the line will travel over Sepulveda Boulevard and skirt along the airfield where Terminal 9 is planned.{{cite web |title=Airfield & Terminal Modernization Project Elements |url=https://www.lawa.org/atmp/project |website=LAWA |publisher=Los Angeles World Airports |access-date=10 March 2024}}

At that point, the line turns to the north, crossing Century Boulevard to reach the LAX West Intermodal Transportation Facility (ITF), a large parking structure with a park and ride area and access to the LAX City Bus Center and nearby hotels.

From there, the route continues east along 96th Street, passing the line's maintenance yard and crossing over the Metro Rail tracks as it arrives at the East ITF station atop the LAX/Metro Transit Center station.

Trains then travel a short distance to the east and enter the LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (ConRAC), a massive parking structure that will house all of the major rental car companies that operate at LAX.{{Cite news |date=September 12, 2019 |title=LAX is bringing all rental car companies to one location near 405 with People Mover train to airport |url=http://www.dailybreeze.com/lax-is-bringing-all-rental-car-companies-to-one-location-near-405-with-people-mover-train-to-airport |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309084543/https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/09/12/lax-is-bringing-all-rental-car-companies-to-one-location-near-405-with-people-mover-train-to-airport/ |archive-date=March 9, 2023 |access-date=September 12, 2019 |work=Daily Breeze |language=en-US |via=City News Service}}

= Hours and frequency =

The APM is expected to operate 24 hours a day. During peak hours (9 a.m. to 11 p.m.) trains will arrive every two minutes. The line will have a ten-minute end-to-end travel time.{{Cite news |last=Sharp |first=Steven |date=February 16, 2018 |title=Renderings Galore for the LAX Automated People Mover |url=https://urbanize.la/post/renderings-galore-lax-automated-people-mover |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223043418/http://urbanize.la/post/renderings-galore-lax-automated-people-mover |archive-date=February 23, 2018 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |publisher=Urbanize LA}}

= Rolling stock =

File:LAX Automated People Mover Interior.jpg

The LAX Automated People Mover's fleet will consist of 44 Innovia APM 300 vehicles manufactured by Alstom (initially Bombardier Transportation). Each vehicle can accommodate up to 50 passengers and their luggage, with 12 seated and the rest standing. During peak periods, nine four-car trains will operate simultaneously. Trains will operate with a top speed of {{Convert|47|mph|km/h}} and an average speed, including stops, of {{Convert|13.5|mph|km/h}}.{{Cite web |title=Automated People Mover (APM) Train System |url=https://www.lawa.org/transforminglax/projects/underway/apm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829011748/https://www.lawa.org/transforminglax/projects/underway/apm |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |access-date=August 5, 2022 |website=Los Angeles World Airports}}

Each four-car train can accommodate up to 200 passengers. During peak hours, with a headway of every 2 minutes, up to 30 trains per hour are expected to enter LAX, carrying up to 6,000 passengers per hour (p/h/d) and up to 84,000 daily peak hour passengers, or up to 30.7 million annual peak hour passengers. The opposite direction capacity will be the same, enabling the system to theoretically transport up to 85 million passengers annually in both directions, including up to 23.7 million non-peak passengers.{{Cite web |title=APM Train Car Fact Sheet |url=https://www.lawa.org/-/media/lawa-web/cip-microsite/factsheets/innovia-apm-300-trainfact-sheet.ashx |access-date=July 22, 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles World Airports}}

= Station listing =

The following is the complete list of stations, from west to east.

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! colspan="2" |Station Name

!Connections and notes{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBO90Lanxuo&t=38s |title=LAX Unveils Automated People Mover Train |date=August 2, 2022 |type=Video |language=en-US |publisher=Los Angeles World Airports |time=0:38 |access-date=August 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805214816/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBO90Lanxuo |archive-date=August 5, 2022 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}

A

|West CTA

|Terminals: 3, 4, {{Abbr|B|Tom Bradley International Terminal}}, Parking Garages: P3, P4

B

|Center CTA

|Terminals: 1, 2, 5, 6, Parking Garages: P2a, P2b, P5, P6

C

|East CTA

|Terminals: 7, 8, Parking Garages: P1, P7, Theme Building, Bob Hope USO, Future connection to Terminal 1{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=East CTA Station Fact Sheet |url=https://www.lalinxs.com/downloads/east-cta-station-2020.pdf |access-date=March 31, 2023 |website=LAX Integrated Express Solutions}}

D

|Terminal 9

|Future infill station

E

|West ITF

|Economy parking garage, hotel shuttles, rideshare and taxi pick-up/drop-off, access to Airport Blvd

F

|East ITF

|{{LACMTA link logo}} {{LACMTA icon strip|C|K}} LAX/Metro Transit Center station, private vehicle pick-up/drop-off, LAX FlyAway, charter buses, access to Aviation Blvd, future economy parking garage

G

|ConRAC

|Consolidated rental car facility

= Traffic reduction =

The ConRAC facility is projected to eliminate over 3,200 daily car-rental shuttle trips.{{cite web | url=https://www.lalinxs.com/faqs.html | title=LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) }} The East and West ITFs are projected to reduce parking and hotel shuttle trips and car trips into the CTA. The LAX/Metro Transit Center is projected to displace car trips by increasing transit ridership. Riders will include many of the over 57,000 airport and airline badge holders, in addition to airline passengers.

= Upcoming Airfield & Terminal Modernization Project (ATMP) =

The upcoming Airfield & Terminal Modernization Project (ATMP), scheduled for 2028, includes roadway improvements in the vicinity of the West ITF, with an elevated roadway system to separate airport traffic from local traffic.{{cite web | url=https://www.lawa.org/transforminglax/projects/upcoming/atmp | title=LAWA Official Site | Transforming LAX }}https://www.lawa.org/-/media/lawa-web/cip-microsite/rendering/atmp/202202-atmp-map.ashx {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} Upon completion of these planned improvements, access from the north on Sepulveda Boulevard will be convenient to West ITF; access from Interstate 405 will be convenient to East ITF; and access from the south on Interstate 105 and the Sepulveda tunnel will be convenient to the planned APM station at Terminal 9.

= Architecture =

The six APM stations each feature a line of 20-foot diameter circular skylights, with an additional one in the mezzanine of the LAX/Metro Transit Center. The West ITF parking garage also features similar circular lighting fixtures.https://www.lawa.org/connectinglax/construction-photos/2021-february (photo #13) The new pedestrian walkways employ a Vierendeel truss, featuring rectangular rather than triangular bracing.{{cite web | url=https://www.airport-technology.com/news/lax-pedestrian-walkway-construction | title=LAX commences automated people mover pedestrian walkway construction | date=June 15, 2021 }} The old-style pedestrian walkways with triangular bracing still service parking lots P1, P4, P5, and P7. The APM concrete guideway features

"gentle sweeping curves and clean uniform look".{{cite web | url=https://www.hdrinc.com/insights/inside-look-innovative-guideway-design-laxs-automated-people-mover-project | title=An Inside Look at the Innovative Guideway Design for LAX's Automated People Mover Project | HDR | date=October 11, 2023 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.aspiremagazinebyengineers.com/fall-2023?m=61068&i=803084&p=20&ver=html5 | title=Aspire Magazine Fall 2023 Page 18 }} Each station features a single island platform, with level boarding, which serves trains in both directions. The proposed Terminal 9 infill station is the exception, with a pair of separate side platforms serving both directions.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bBsaTG8E-8 | title=LAX's Terminal 9 Industry Showcase, April 14, 2023| website=YouTube| date=April 17, 2023}}

The East CTA station features a viewing platform for the Theme Building (see Gallery).

History

= Background =

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The Los Angeles International Airport has long struggled with gridlocked traffic on World Way, the main road that circles through the airport's central terminal area, that can often back up onto Century Boulevard or the Airport Tunnel, which connect the airport to Interstate 405 and Interstate 105 respectively.{{Cite news |last=Uranga |first=Rachel |date=August 3, 2022 |title=LAX's traffic nightmare could end with new people mover, but you'll have to wait |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-03/laxs-traffic-nightmare-could-end-soon-but-be-patient |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804230328/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-03/laxs-traffic-nightmare-could-end-soon-but-be-patient |archive-date=August 4, 2022 |access-date=August 5, 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

Ahead of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, a second level was added to World Way, sending vehicles dropping off departing passengers to the upper level and those picking up arriving passengers to the lower.{{Cite news |last=Levin |first=Jay |date=April 22, 1984 |title=LAX being molded into an easy airport |work=Daily Breeze |page=A1 |via=NewsBank |agency=Copley News Service}} The relief was short-lived, and by the 2000s, the airport had ranked as one of the nation's most congested and hardest to navigate. That led airport managers to spend over US$15 billion to modernize the airport, with an automated people mover (APM) being one of the major improvements. The project was given added urgency in 2017 when Los Angeles was awarded its bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics.

= Planning =

File:LAX Automated People Mover Yard.jpg

After receiving three bids, Los Angeles World Airports announced it had chosen LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the APM for a period of 25 years.{{Cite news |date=November 10, 2017 |title=Three Firms Have Submitted Bids to Build a People Mover at LAX |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Three-Firms-Have-Submitted-Bids-to-Build-a-People-Mover-at-LAX-456731293.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317155424/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Three-Firms-Have-Submitted-Bids-to-Build-a-People-Mover-at-LAX-456731293.html |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |publisher=KNBC |via=City News Service}}{{Cite news |last=Nelson |first=Laura J. |date=April 11, 2018 |title=City Council approves long-awaited people mover to LAX |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lax-people-mover-20180411-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412102814/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lax-people-mover-20180411-story.html |archive-date=April 12, 2018 |access-date=November 17, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times}} LINXS is a joint venture, public–private partnership of ACS, Alstom, Balfour Beatty, Fluor and Hochtief, with assistance from HDR and Flatiron West.{{Cite web |title=Meet the Team |url=https://www.lalinxs.com/team.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805201216/https://www.lalinxs.com/team.html |archive-date=August 5, 2022 |access-date=August 5, 2022 |website=LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS)}} The Los Angeles City Council approved the US$4.9 billion project on April 11, 2018.

Beyond the construction of the APM guideway and stations, LAX has also planned several projects that will enable or connect to the APM. New vertical cores will be built near each terminal, enabling vertical movement of passengers with elevators and escalators, as well as pedestrian bridges over World Way with moving walkways to connect terminals to the APM stations and to existing airport parking structures. LAX is building cores between terminals 5 and 6, at terminals 7 and at terminal B (the Tom Bradley International Terminal) at the cost of $490 million. New cores were also included in larger renovation projects at terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4.{{Cite web |title=LAWA Official Site {{!}} Transforming LAX |url=https://www.lawa.org/transforminglax/projects/underway/tvcores |access-date=January 8, 2024 |website=www.lawa.org}}

The APM will also connect to the LAX West Intermodal Transportation Facility (West ITF), a US$294.1 million, 4,300 space parking structure with a lot to pick up and drop off passengers and areas for shuttle buses, the new LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (ConRAC), a massive parking structure that will house all of the major rental car companies that operate at LAX in one location located adjacent to Interstate 405, and to the LAX/Metro Transit Center station (East ITF), connecting passengers to the Los Angeles Metro Rail C and K Lines and other transit services.{{Cite news |last=Jager |first=Rick |date=June 21, 2021 |title=Groundbreaking held for Airport Metro Connector project |url=https://thesource.metro.net/2021/06/21/groundbreaking-held-for-airport-metro-connector-project/ |access-date=January 8, 2024 |website=The Source |language=en-US}}

Altogether, these projects are called the Landside Access Modernization Program and are expected to cost a total of US$5.5 billion.{{Cite news |last=Sharp |first=Steven |date=December 8, 2017 |title=LAX Takes First Step Toward Construction of $5.5-Billion Landside Access Modernization Project |url=https://urbanize.la/post/lax-takes-first-step-toward-construction-55-billion-landside-access-modernization-project |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209152721/http://urbanize.la/post/lax-takes-first-step-toward-construction-55-billion-landside-access-modernization-project |archive-date=February 9, 2018 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |publisher=Urbanize LA}}

= Construction =

In 2018, 2,100 parking spaces in lot C were removed to reconfigure the area for the West ITF. Utility relocation started in the second quarter of 2018. Construction on the West ITF officially began in the summer of 2019{{Cite press release |title=LAX Breaks Ground on Intermodal Transportation Facility – West, A Key Component of the Landside Access Modernization Program |url=https://www.lawa.org/en/news-releases/2019/news-release-77 |access-date=July 21, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721231015/https://www.lawa.org/en/news-releases/2019/news-release-77 |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |website=Los Angeles World Airports}} and ConRAC broke ground in September 2019.{{Cite press release |title=Mayor Garcetti and Los Angeles World Airports Break Ground on Historic Consolidated Rental Car Facility |date=September 12, 2019 |url=https://www.lawa.org/en/news-releases/2019/news-release-105 |access-date=October 19, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924154352/https://www.lawa.org/en/news-releases/2019/news-release-105 |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |website=Los Angeles World Airports}} The first large concrete pour for the APM occurred in September 2020 at the West ITF station.{{Cite news |last=Sharp |first=Steven |date=September 15, 2020 |title=Construction Continues for LAX Automated People Mover |url=https://urbanize.la/post/construction-continues-lax-automated-people-mover |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916221607/https://urbanize.la/post/construction-continues-lax-automated-people-mover |archive-date=September 16, 2020 |access-date=September 16, 2020 |work=Urbanize LA |language=en}}

Construction on the {{Convert|2.25|mi|km}} of two-track elevated guideway began in the spring of 2019 with the first underground support columns being placed. The first concrete for the columns was poured in January 2020. The pouring of the concrete for the guideway began in September 2020 and it was completed in May 2022. A total of 69,700 cubic yards (53,300 m3) of concrete was poured and one million work hours were completed to complete this project.{{Cite news |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Fluor Joint Venture completes LAX's APM train guideway structure |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/article/21266740/fluor-joint-venture-completes-laxs-apm-train-guideway-structure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506151324/https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/article/21266740/fluor-joint-venture-completes-laxs-apm-train-guideway-structure |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=August 10, 2022 |work=Mass Transit (magazine)}}{{Cite news |date=March 14, 2019 |title=Officials Break Ground On $5.5 Billion People Mover At LAX |url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/03/14/lax-people-mover-ground-breaking/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301071428/https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/03/14/lax-people-mover-ground-breaking/ |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |work=CBS Los Angeles |language=en}}

File:LAX Metro Transit Center station construction September 2023 02.jpg station construction in September 2023]]

Connecting Los Angeles's Metro Rail system to the airport, which was studied by transit planners since the 1980s,{{Cite report |url=http://media.metro.net/projects_studies/green_line_lax/images/1988_Coastal_Corridor_Rail_Transit_Project.pdf |title=COASTAL CORRIDOR RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT NORTH SEGMENT |date=August 1988 |publisher=Bechtel |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024144452/http://media.metro.net/projects_studies/green_line_lax/images/1988_Coastal_Corridor_Rail_Transit_Project.pdf |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |url-status=live |website=Metro}} started when Metro commenced construction on the LAX/Metro Transit Center station on June 21, 2021. The new station will connect Metro and other transit services to the East ITF station. The new station will link the LAX Automated People Mover to the C and K rail lines, Metro Bus, and other municipal bus operator lines. Additionally, a customer service center and Metro Bike Hub will be constructed.

After two years of construction, West ITF's economy parking structure opened on October 19, 2021. Until the APM opens, temporary shuttle buses transport passengers between the airport and the facility.{{Cite news |date=October 15, 2021 |title=New LAX parking structure opens Tuesday with 4,300 new spots, pre-booking discounts |url=https://ktla.com/news/local-news/new-lax-parking-structure-opens-tuesday-with-4300-new-spots-discounted-pre-booked-parking/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805220050/https://ktla.com/news/local-news/new-lax-parking-structure-opens-tuesday-with-4300-new-spots-discounted-pre-booked-parking/ |archive-date=August 5, 2022 |access-date=August 5, 2022 |work=KTLA |language=en-US}}

=Construction Delays=

The line was initially planned to open in 2023, but as of July 2024 was slated to open in January 2026. Schedule delays have coincided with top management changes. John Ackerman became the new LAWA CEO in February 2024.{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2023 |title=Mayor Karen Bass Recognizes City Council's Confirmation of John Ackerman as CEO of Los Angeles World Airports |url=https://mayor.lacity.gov/news/mayor-karen-bass-recognizes-city-councils-confirmation-john-ackerman-ceo-los-angeles-world-0 |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=LA City}} In March 2024 Terri Mestas, Chief Development Officer, accepted a new position,{{Cite news |date=March 29, 2024 |title=Sound Transit will pay $600K to new megaproject leader hired from LAX |last1=Lindblom|first1=Mike|url=

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/sound-transit-will-pay-600k-to-new-megaproject-leader-hired-from-lax/

|access-date=April 3, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}} and three new appointments were made to the executive leadership team: Marla Bleavins as Chief Airport Administrative Officer, Robert Lowe as Chief People and Culture Officer, and Becca Doten as Chief of Staff.{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2024 |title=Los Angeles World Airports Announces the Appointment of Chief Airport Administrative Officer, Chief People and Culture Officer, and Chief of Staff |url=https://www.lawa.org/news-releases/2024/news-release-004 |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=LAWA}}

An additional $200 million was authorized by the Board of Airport Commissioners on May 2, 2024 to fund change orders in an attempt to firm up the schedule.{{cite web |last1=Shalby |first1=Colleen |date=May 3, 2024 |title=LAX People Mover gets $200 million more to resolve claims between contractor and airport |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-03/airport-board-approve-200-million-more-for-lax-people-mover |access-date=May 31, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2024 |title=Report to the Board of Airport Commissioners |url=https://lawa.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?meta_id=68033 |access-date=July 22, 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles World Airports}} An additional $400 million was approved on August 16, 2024 by the City Council,{{cite web |title=City Council approves additional $400 million to complete LAX's Automated People Mover, settle legal claims - CBS Los Angeles |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/city-council-approves-additional-400-million-to-complete-laxs-automated-people-mover-settle-legal-claims/ |website=CBS News|date=August 16, 2024 }}{{Cite news |last=Shalby |first=Colleen |date=July 15, 2024 |title=LAX People Mover could have completion date — and $400 million in added costs |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-15/lax-people-mover-could-have-completion-date |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715181957/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-15/lax-people-mover-could-have-completion-date |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2024 |title=Report to the Board of Airport Commissioners |url=https://lawa.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?meta_id=69367 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles World Airports}} following a June 7, 2024 decision by an arbitrator (the "Project Neutral") that LAWA was responsible for delays of 526 calendar days, having failed to act in good faith and comply with the contract documents.{{Cite web |date=June 7, 2024 |title=Project Neutral Recommendations |url=https://emma.msrb.org/P21821449-P21396627-P21837871.pdf |access-date=October 31, 2024 |website=LAX Integrated Express Solutions}}

{{As of|2024|05}}, overall construction progress was 97.3% complete.{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Automated People Mover Project - Monthly Report for May 2024 |url=https://emma.msrb.org/P21827218-P21400648-P21842319.pdf |access-date=July 9, 2024 |publisher=LAX Integrated Express Solutions |page=5}} On April 29, 2024, the project test drove the one-car Maintenance Service Vehicle on the guideway between the Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF), West ITF, and ConRAC.{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2024 |title=Monthly Performance Report – April 2024 |url=https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/rail-safety-division/documents/monthly-reports/2024/rsd-monthly-report--april-2024-fnl1.pdf |access-date=July 22, 2024 |publisher=California Public Utilities Commission |page=19}}

Gallery

File:West CTA station.jpg|Rendering of West CTA station as seen from the Tom Bradley International Terminal

File:Center CTA station 01.jpg|Rendering of the Center CTA station

File:East CTA station.jpg|Rendering of the East CTA station and its viewing platform for the Theme Building

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