Speaking of anticipated decisions, the Metro Board approved initial concepts for LA Union Station as part of the station’s master plan. Staff recommended that the Metro Board look further into one particular concept, which calls for building a bus plaza to the west side of existing rail tracks, vastly expanding the existing pedestrian corridor underneath the tracks into a concourse, and removing the Patsaouras Transit Plaza as a means to extend said concourse. The concept also incorporates the proposal to extend the westernmost tracks to the south as part of the Southern California Interregional Gateway project, while HSR is not mentioned. The study team will now look into specifics on the concepts, with an update due next spring.