Metro Committees Approve Union Station Bike Hub Budget
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Metro's Finance Committee approved an expanded budget for the Union Station Metro Bike Hub, anticipated to open in Fall 2017
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Union Station
Metro To Pedestrianize Front Of Union Station, Seeking Input
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Metro is planning to pedestrianize the front of Union Station, including narrowing streets and creating pedestrian plazas and walkways.
CA Cap-and-Trade Transit Funding Awarded to Metro, Other SoCal Agencies
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This week, the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) announced the recipients of its Transit and Intercity Capital Program (TIRCP) grants. TIRCP distributes state cap-and-trade funding to local transit agencies for projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In greater Los Angeles, funds were awarded to Metro, Foothill Transit, Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail […]
Video: Fly Through the Future Of Union Station
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For rainy Tuesday night viewing, watch Metro’s updated Union Station explainer video. There are plenty of big changes coming to Union Station in next few years. In October, Metro’s Board of Directors approved $15,000,000 for preliminary engineering and environmental work on the long-discussed cut-through tracks (officially called the SCRIP – Southern California Regional Interconnector Project.) During the […]
Union Station’s Pilot Program Aimed at Moving the Homeless, But Does It Create Two Classes of Transit Rider?
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Earlier this week, Metro announced a new “pilot program” to restrict access to the public seating area except for those holding passenger tickets to Metrolink or Amtrak trains that would be departing within the next two hours. The policy is aimed specifically at the homeless, many of whom sleep and rest in Union Station’s seating […]
Metro Reaches Out for Union Station Linkages Study During Dia De Los Muertos Celebration
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Sometimes, we can take for granted how far Los Angeles has come in the past half decade when we look ahead at all the many things that have to happen before this becomes a truly Livable City. But when I was reading the promotional materials for tomorrow’s Community Visioning Festival for Metro’s Union Station access […]