The hub will replace an aging and inadequate nearby Downtown terminal. Targeted completion is 2005. The site is bounded by Garland Avenue, Amelia and Livingston Streets, not far from a planned $1 billion public-private rejuvenation of the low-income Parramore district.

Lynx has $26.1 million in the bank from federal, state and local tax funds for the project. The remaining $3 million is expected to come from other federal funds.

Conceptual drawings for the terminal on the city-owned six-acre site show the six-story building will probably offer five floors of office space; an undetermined amount of retail; bays for 23 buses; a bike-storage station; separate driver and passenger lounges; ticket counters; and platforms for future light rail systems. The design will copy features at existing transit stations in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA.