An aerial shot of the new Regional Intermodal Transportation Center at Bob Hope Airport. Photo: Dan Lichtner Metro Board Member Ara Najarian at the grand opening. Photo: Paul Gonzales/Metro Metro Board Member Mike Antonovich at the grand opening. Photo: Paul Gonzales/Metro Metro Board Chair Diane DuBois at the grand opening. Photo: Paul Gonzales/Metro

Bob Hope Airport held a grand opening ceremony this morning for the $112 million Regional Intermodal Transportation Center (RITC). The RITC took two years to complete and is the largest capital project in the airport’s history. It also establishes the first direct rail-to-terminal connection at any Southern California airport.

The RITC is located immediately across the street from the Bob Hope Airport Station served by Metrolink and Amtrak. It will house a new bus transit station and rental car facilities and is connected to the passenger terminal via an elevated walkway.

Transit officials also announced the plans for a pedestrian bridge between the RITC and the existing Metrolink station along Empire Avenue. You can read the Metro staff report on the project here.

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