This is still true. You must access Line 1 from South West corner of Y/E. Also you can not (legally) cross the street on the south side to go East-West.
There is also the South entrance that is open.
I sometimes can't get to where I need to be in 45 mins. One time I was on an ebike and I used the last of the battery. Fortunately there was one (and only one) manual bike at the dock or I would have been stranded.