Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Union Station

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

Metro is adjusting its plans for Union Station's run-through tracks

LinkUS Union Station Run-Through Tracks Project Looks to Keep Utility, Reduce Costs

By Joe Linton | Jun 7, 2019 | 3 Comments

Eliminating new concourse and loop track would shave nearly a billion dollars from L.A.'s needed Union Station re-vamp

Metro is using the wrong estimates to refuse to evalutate HRT on the West Santa Ana Branch. An L.A. subway train on the trail tracks along the river, under the now-removed 6th Street bridge. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Possible West Santa Ana Branch Win-Win: Heavy Rail Connection to Union Station

By Joe Linton and Roger Rudick | May 3, 2018 | 49 Comments

Running heavy rail on the West Santa Ana Branch could be cheaper, faster, higher-capacity - and a win-win for communities the line will serve.

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