Photos: ARTIC transportation hub construction

ARTIC will serve as a hub for Orange County and the region, a landmark
where freeways, major arterials, bus routes and Orange County’s backbone
rail system converge. The network of transit choices will continue to grow
in the coming years as the number of Metrolink and Amtrak trains serving
Anaheim and local and express bus routes increase. On opening day,
ARTIC services will include: Metrolink, Amtrak, OCTA bus, Anaheim Resort
Transportation, shuttles, taxis, and tour and charter buses. ARTIC will also
accommodate future plans for the Anaheim Rapid Connection (ARC) and
high-speed trains. Photos courtesy ARTIC

200,000 square feet of ETFE. Enough to cover 4½ football fields.

With a LEED Platinum design and unique architecture, ARTIC employs a highly efficient, sustainable design that optimizes the consumption of energy and water and reduces storm water run off, construction and operational waste, and air emissions

The $184 million project is a partnership between the City of Anaheim and the Orange County Transportation Authority and is funded with a combination of Measure M funds, a local half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements, as well as state and federal funds. When complete in 2014, ARTIC will support more than 10,000 daily boardings among 10 different transportation modes. More than 5,000 jobs will be available as a result of the project.

Size of the terminal - 67,000 square feet.

Number of annual Metrolink and Amtrak riders at the current Anaheim train station - 540,000.

ARTIC's compound curved terminal shell features a 200,000 square-foot ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) roof system stretched across a diamond-shaped metal grid (diagrid) that is supported by a structural steel frame.