LAX Automated People Mover

The APM, a monorail-like system, will operate along a 2.25-mile elevated guideway with six stops between a new LAX Consolidated Rental Car Facility and the Central Terminal Area. The APM will have nine total trains, each operating in four-car sets capable of containing up to 200 passengers.  Total project costs are estimated at $4.9 billion. When completed, the new APM will provide the long-sought link between Metro Rail and LAX, with construction set to begin in the coming years on a $600 million light rail station that will connect to the new Crenshaw/LAX line, the Green Line and various local and regional buses.

As a certified SBE firm, Paul Murdoch Architects acted as an architectural advisor to the winning LAX Integrated Express Solutions public-private partnership team providing aesthetic guidance for architecture and urban design, graphic design and visualization of the proposed user experience and architecture that includes stations, inter-modal facilities, public open spaces and so-called WOW features that will animate the LAX customer experience through this prominent Los Angeles gateway. The team provided the only proposal that scored well in these areas of the selection criteria.

Utility relocation and surveying for the APM began in 2018, with construction of the guideway started in 2019.  By the end of 2019, construction began on the APM stations, and delivery of the first vehicles followed by the end of 2023.  Construction will mostly be complete by 2023, allowing for system testing prior to an expected opening date in 2024.