Los Angeles Metro’s El Monte Station: A Case Study Illustrating Intermodal Facility Artwork Integration Best Practices

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) have acknowledged the important role of public art’s integration into the transit environment. This integration can greatly enhance overall goals for intermodal facilities, and create opportunities for community linkages, aesthetic enhancements, and place-making. The Los Angeles (LA) County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) El Monte Station opened in 2012, replacing an outmoded 40 year old facility. The station contains a two- level bus terminal station with 29 bays and is more than double the size of the previous facility. The station is the largest facility west of the Mississippi, and is a major regional transfer center serving Metro, El Monte Transit, Greyhound, and Foothill Transit riders. There are 22,000 daily passengers, with the potential to accommodate nearly twice that number. Through the Metro Silver Line, a highly successful bus rapid transit service, the station connects the San Gabriel Valley to Downtown LA and the rest of the Metro bus and rail system. This paper will articulate the process used to identify art opportunities, artists, and materials for artwork at the El Monte Station as a case study to illustrate best practices as articulated in publications from the APTA, Americans for the Arts-Public Art Network, and the FTA.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References;
  • Pagination: 18p
  • Monograph Title: TRB 94th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01556621
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: 15-4856
  • Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Mar 10 2015 7:50AM