Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Union Station

LinkUS Union Station run-through tracks rendering - via Metro

Metro to Approve Early Phase of Union Station Run-Through Tracks Construction

By Joe Linton | May 24, 2022 | No Comments

The Metro board is expected to approve the terms of the $423 million CA High-Speed Rail Authority funding, as well as approving a $298 million "Partial Preconstruction Phase" Union Station run-through tracks project budget.

Union Station aerial - by Gary Leonard via The Source. The L.A. River is the horizontal concrete structure near the top of the photo

Metro Looking Into Two Bikeway Connections to Union Station

By Joe Linton | Mar 23, 2022 | No Comments

Cyclists could travel first/last mile to/from Union Station via the planned L.A. River path and via an extended esplanade along Alameda Street

Construction of the Union Station Patsaouras Plaza busway station in 2019 - photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station: How It Is Today and How It Got There

By Dana Gabbard | Nov 30, 2020 | No Comments

Over time, the "Ramirez Flyover" morphed into to the newly-opened busway station. Meanwhile complications and delays caused the long delayed project's budget to swell from $17M to $51M

Pasaouras Plaza Busway Station ribbon-cutting - left to right are Metro Boardmembers John Fasana and Jacqueline Dupont-Walker, and Metro Chief of Staff Nadine Lee. Image via Facebook Live

Metro’s Union Station Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station is Open

By Dana Gabbard | Nov 2, 2020 | No Comments

Metro's new busway station makes more convenient connections for bus riders transferring at Union Station.

Metro's Little Tokyo L Line Station is closed. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Little Tokyo Station Is Closed; New Bike-Share Helps Bridge Two-Year Gap

By Joe Linton | Oct 26, 2020 | No Comments

With a two-year closure of the Gold Line through Little Tokyo, riders can take Metro's shuttle bus, or utilize convenient new Metro Bike Share docks.

Los Angeles Union Station - photo by David Wilson via Wikimedia

Editorial: Metro Board Should Press Pause on Gutted Union Station Pedestrian Project

By Joe Linton | Oct 21, 2020 | No Comments

Please give newly seated L.A. City Coucilmember Kevin de León a chance to review and revive Union Station project

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