The long-awaited people-moving system at Los Angeles International Airport is actually on its way and it's enough to make any Angeleño misty-eyed. LAX, the second busiest airport in the US, is desperately lacking an adequate public transit connection. Currently, visitors must rely on shuttles that come every 20 minutes to connect to the nearest Metro line, grab an (expensive) cab, or find a saintly friend with a car willing to deal with a congested and confusing pick-up situation.

Five teams are competing for the commission:

• Gateway Connectors: Kiewit Infrastructure with Skanska USA, Meridiam; design by Mott MacDonald and Gannett Fleming
• LA ConnextPartners: Ferrovial Agroman, Bechtel, Cintra, John Laing and Bombardier; design by Bechtel
• LAX Connecting Alliance: OHL USA, Acciona Infraestructuras and Charles Pankow Builders; design by Arup
• LINXS, led by Fluor Enterprises with Balfour Beatty, Flatiron West, Hochtief, ACS and Dragados USA; design by HDR Engineering and HNTB Corporation
• PWA, led by Walsh Construction, Aecom, URS, Granite Construction; design by Aecom and TEC Management Consultants

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the agency that operates LAX, is now reviewing the teams to select which ones will be asked to submit proposals. The future system will connect the terminals to rental car stations, parking lots, and the Metro. According to LAWA, the wait time between each of the six stations will be a scant three minutes and the system will run 24 hours a day. The people-mover will cost an estimated $2.7 billion.

h/t GCR

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