Video: Fly Through the Future Of Union Station
There are too many projects to elaborate thoroughly today, but look forward to future SBLA coverage of Union Station improvements including:
- Bike-Share: Metro’s 1000+ bike-share system is expected to open in downtown L.A. by mid-2016, including bikes at Union Station.
- Bike Hub: Metro’s The Source reports that a Union Station bike hub is expected to open around 2017.
- Silver Line BRT station: Reported by the Daily News, Metro is delayed in getting its new El Monte Busway Bus Rapid Transit station underway.
- Pedestrian Plaza: Reported by KPCC, Metro was recently awarded a $12.3 million California Active Transportation Program (ATP) grant for “wider sidewalk, streetscaping and better crossing facilities at the Alameda Street entrance.”
- SCRIP: According to last month’s Metro staff report [PDF], the new Southern California Regional Interconnector Project run-through tracks will increase the number of trains that can use the station each day from 180 to 278 trains, and reduce train dwell times from 20 minutes to 5 minutes.