Patsaouras Transit Plaza

Patsaouras Transit Plaza

Patsaouras Transit Plaza and Union Station East Portal
Location 801 N. Vignes Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms Multi-bay island platform
Connections Union Station
Construction
Parking 3,000 park & ride spaces ($6 a day)
Bicycle facilities 24 bike rack spaces
20 locker spaces
Disabled access Yes

Patsaouras Transit Plaza is a bus station located on the east side of Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles and near the El Monte Busway. The Transit Plaza was originally named the Gateway Transit Plaza, but was named after Nick Patsaouras, former RTD board member who was an advocate for public transportation.

Services

Metro and municipal buses

FlyAway Bus

Direct FlyAway Bus service is offered between Union Station and Los Angeles International Airport. The blue buses run every 30 minutes between 5 am and 1 am and on the hour between 1 am and 5 am. Tickets are sold from a ticket kiosk at the southwest corner of the island platform.

Long-distance motorcoach

Megabus provides several routes from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza:

BoltBus also operates long-distance motorcoach routes from Union Station. They do not use the plaza itself, but stop at a curb on the west side of the station:[1][2]

Bus berth assignments

FlyAway Bus at the Patsaouras Transit Plaza.
(discharge only)
* Indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.

Other connecting buses

Several bus stops are located near the Patsaouras Transit Plaza offering connections to more bus routes:

Cesar Chavez Avenue & Vignes Street

Vignes Street entrance to transit plaza

Alameda Street & Los Angeles Street

El Monte Busway & Alameda Street

Bus stop at El Monte Busway entrance & Alameda Street.
* Indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.

Future expansion

A new transitway station for the Metro Silver Line and other transit buses operating on the El Monte Busway is being built to the south of the Patsaouras Transit Plaza in the median of the El Monte Busway funded by tolls on collected as a part of the Metro ExpressLanes project.[3] It will allow buses travelling in both directions on the busway to serve the Union station with a minimum of delay for passengers for other destinations.[4][5] When completed a bridge will allow passengers to walk directly from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza to the busway station, eliminating a long, convoluted walk across the Union Station property to the current stop located on the El Monte Busway at Alameda.

The station was originally expected to be completed in June 2014, but because all bids came in over budget, they were cancelled. Metro now expects construction to be completed in late 2016.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "BoltBus To Launch Service In California On Oct. 31". PRNewswire. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "BoltBus Expands From Los Angeles; Adds Las Vegas, San Francisco Service". www.prnewswire.com. PR Newswire. 10 Dec 2013. Retrieved 12 Dec 2013.
  3. ↑ "Metro ExpressLanes". Metro.
  4. ↑ "Patsaouras Plaza/El Monte Busway Station". EE&K Architects.
  5. ↑ "Patsaouras Plaza Connector (Conceptual Plan)". Flickr.
  6. ↑ "Patsaouras Plaza Bus Station Quarterly Service Council Meet & Confer– January 2015" (PDF). Metro & Caltrans. January 2015. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 2015-02-07.