The entrance to the historic station will be outfitted with a new plaza, while an esplanade for bicyclists and pedestrians will be installed along Alameda Street.
Once the project is finished, bus riders who take the Metro Silver and Foothill Transit lines will walk across a 500-foot-long pedestrian bridge to get to Patsaourus Plaza.
CalSTA awards money to two Metro projects aimed at lowering greenhouse emissions. One of those projects would speed up service at Union Station, allowing Red and Purple Line trains to arrive every four minutes.
The first hub in Metro's bike share was installed Monday at Union Station. There are 64 more hubs coming to the Downtown area. The bike share program launches July 7, so we're going see more of these stations pop up.