LA Metro Regional Connector @ 2nd/Broadway – Historic Broadway Station
The Regional Connector Transit Corridor
The Regional Connector in Downtown Los Angeles is a Light Rail System 1.9 Miles Long that connects the Metro Gold Line to the 7th Street metro Station. Passengers will be able to travel between Azuza & Long Beach and between East LA & Santa Monica on the same train. The Regional Connector has 3 Underground Stations, at 1st/Central, 2nd/Broadway, and 2nd/Hope. AVA has optimized the design of all 3 underground Stations by simplifying the Ancillary Area Layouts, showing functional adjacencies of the Ancillary Rooms both horizontally and vertically, and in doing so, was able to reduce the footprints of the Stations at all Levels. This translated into Station designs that were simpler and less expensive to build. Per direction of our Mechanical Engineers, The Station Vent Fans and associated Rooms and Ducts were removed from all 3 Station designs and the Emergency Fans were configured to perform these functions.
Historic Broadway station
The Auxiliary Power Rooms were removed from the PE Auxiliary Level Plan and relocated to the Concourse Level of the Optimized Plan. The Ancillary Rooms in the Train Box have been rearranged in the Optimized Plan to maximize the Free Area. The Ancillary Block has been Optimized and consolidated into the same footprint at both Levels to make it easier and less expensive to build. A common Equipment Shaft serves within this footprint serves both levels. By Optimizing the Station Layout, AVA was able to reduce the Footprint of the Ancillary Level Plan Footprint by 65% and the Concourse Level Plan Footprint by 8%, and the Platform Level Plan Footprint by 6% of the PE Footprints.
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