History Pre-unification passenger railway stations of Los Angeles, c. The Patsaouras Transit Plaza, on the east side of the station, serves dozens of bus lines operated by Metro and several other municipal carriers. The station is the hub of the Metrolink commuter rail system and is a major transfer point for several Metro Rail subway and light rail lines. The state-supported Amtrak Pacific Surfliner regional trains run frequently to San Diego and also to Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. It is by far the busiest train station in the Western United States it is Amtrak's fifth-busiest station, and is the thirteenth-busiest train station in North America.įour of Amtrak's long-distance trains originate and terminate here: the Coast Starlight to Seattle, the Southwest Chief and Texas Eagle to Chicago, and the Sunset Limited to New Orleans. Today, the station is a major transportation hub for Southern California, serving almost 110,000 passengers a day.

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The structure combines Art Deco, Mission Revival, and Streamline Moderne style. Conceived on a grand scale, Union Station became known as the 'Last of the Great Railway Stations' built in the United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande Station and Central Station.Īpproved in a controversial ballot measure in 1926 and built in the 1930s, it served to consolidate rail services from the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific Railroads into one terminal station. Los Angeles Union Station is the main railroad station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States.

Moderne, Art Deco, Mission/Spanish Revival The City will develop conceptual designs for bus priority improvements and street reconfigurations to address bus speed and reliability issues in this congested area.Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 101 Traffic congestion, curbside conflicts, and limited right-of-way present a growing challenge in downtown Durham. better bus stop locations, where the bus can safely stop and easily return to the travel laneīus speed and reliability issues are especially acute on the downtown streets where GoDurham bus routes converge as they enter and exit Durham Station.more “green” time for the bus at traffic lights.Improvements that prioritize the bus such as: WHAT IS BUS SPEED AND RELIABILITY?īus speed: The ability of the bus to move along a route in a reasonable amount of time.īus reliability : The ability of the bus to regularly arrive at bus stops on time. The City will design bus priority improvements in the Durham Station Transit Area that improve service for bus riders across the City.

Traffic congestion, curbside conflicts, and limited right-of-way in this area present a growing challenge to bus speed and reliability for many GoDurham routes. The Durham Station Transit Area includes the downtown streets where GoDurham bus routes converge as they enter and exit Durham Station. Develop conceptual designs for bus priority improvements, outlined in the “Final Durham Station Area Bus Priority” report, that will be part of future design and construction projects.Finalize locations for bus priority improvements based on input from the community, summarized in a “Final Durham Station Area Bus Priority” report.Recommend locations for bus priority improvements, outlined in a “Durham Station Area Bus Priority” report.Evaluate and prioritize locations for bus priority improvements based on input from the community.Develop an equitable approach for evaluating and prioritizing bus priority improvements.Identify conditions such as one-way streets, on-street parking and delivery zone conflicts, and routing that slow the bus down and make it difficult for the bus to arrive on time.Review existing bus stop speed and reliability conditions (e.g., average speed the bus travels throughout the bus route how often the bus arrives on time).The bus priority projects may include improvements, such as traffic signals, pavement markings, and signage that will improve bus speed and reliability.īetween 20, the project team will: Planning Phase Project Goal: develop design concepts for transit priority improvements.

Bus station downtown