I’ve always appreciated the architecture of this building. Not too flashy but unique enough to be interesting. Relatively new but has subtle art-deco details that give it a historical look. The beautiful night lighting is also a nice touch!
With a JAIL of 9500 capacity of prisoners across the street in the background of the video - Twin Towers Correctional Facility at 210 West Temple street
Soon construction will begin to allow those tracks to go over the freeway. This will allow through running of trains and definitely improve service as it will no longer be a terminal, but a station. This more than doubles capacity.
Certainly the best HQ building for a transportation agency in this country. - location is on-brand - architecture style is actually nice to look at and blends in to surrounding streetscape - won’t be outta style 30 more years from now.
@@SGTGhost I doubt any electrification would be ready in time for 2028. Look at how long it took CalTrain to go from proposing to implementing electrification on the San Francisco to San Jose corridor.
Love Metro but the only problem with the Metro HQ highrise is that there are not enough other tall buildings in the vicinity. So build some more apartments there in empty plots.
I just looks so lonely there all by itself. I went to that building a few times to interview for them. Man public sector jobs are a drag. Takes ages to get processed.
If only Desmond Shaw was the standard for news presentation. Now we have mushmouths, thick accents, AVE and people who don't know enough english to order at a Wendy's. Articulate, educated news presenters with a love of language are a dying breed.
what your not being told is that Metro took money from the gold line and other projects to build that 26 floor building. They spared no cost up to and including full marble bathrooms, imported stone, tile and glass. All at tax payer expense.
@@richspillman4191 LA area is 3 times greater in population so that might have something to do with it. Safe? Ask that women's family that got pushed in front of the train about that. Public transportation is hard and complex but with greater numbers come greater complexity.
That’s not true. Metro is the 2nd largest public transit operator in the country. Caltrain only operates a single corridor on the San Fransisco peninsula at every 15 minutes. A single commuter line operating at 15 min headways cannot match a public transit agency’s ridership like Metro, SFMuni, and NYCMTA ridership
1:37 a car goes into underground parking of the "metro" headquarters... tells you everything you need to know about the state of transportation in Los Angeles. Public transportation is highly inefficient and the only reason we have traffic is because population has grown substantially and the last freeway was built in the 80s. Invest more in private transportation, smart traffic lights and smart grid, autonomous vehicles, more over passes and underpasses, less HOV lanes, wider freeways. Metro is bad.
Welp, I guess the entire industry of transportation planning and operations should just shut down and put this rando on the internet in charge. 😛 Google "latent demand" and/or "induced demand" and find out why you're utterly and woefully wrong.
I’ve always appreciated the architecture of this building. Not too flashy but unique enough to be interesting. Relatively new but has subtle art-deco details that give it a historical look. The beautiful night lighting is also a nice touch!
Gotta love that the most transit-oriented building in that area is the metro hq 😂
With a JAIL of 9500 capacity of prisoners across the street in the background of the video - Twin Towers Correctional Facility at 210 West Temple street
..go Metro! ☝️..
to hell.
So happy the Metro workers have a wonderful place to work while most of us riders are getting stabbed to death on the Metro bus or train. F you Metro.
@@amirsadeghi9888 no
Needs more skyscrapers around it.. Hotels, affordable housing, offices, retail...
un-walkable like the rest of LA. and they tore down a vibrant, minority neighborhood to build all this smh. story of LA
yeah the north side of downtown lowk lacking development in that sense, besides chinatown but no one tryna live there there needs to be more.
Soon construction will begin to allow those tracks to go over the freeway. This will allow through running of trains and definitely improve service as it will no longer be a terminal, but a station. This more than doubles capacity.
Today the building is mostly empty cuz everybody works remotely 😅
Certainly the best HQ building for a transportation agency in this country.
- location is on-brand
- architecture style is actually nice to look at and blends in to surrounding streetscape
- won’t be outta style 30 more years from now.
Does Metrolink need Electrification just like Caltrain?
That is for phase three or four for California high speed rail to have a station to Anaheim, Metrolink might have electrification soon
But who knows might be earlier for LA 2028 Olympic games
@@SGTGhostwhat ? The Caltrains in the Bay Area is electric they’re asking if metro would do the same
Metrolink and Caltrain have Electrifications. The train service will be cancelled while under construction on the tracks.
@@SGTGhost I doubt any electrification would be ready in time for 2028. Look at how long it took CalTrain to go from proposing to implementing electrification on the San Francisco to San Jose corridor.
Yay Metro! 😄
This building caught fire back in the early 2000s seen looking west from our Boyle Hrights environs.
I always thought that thing was a hotel .. 😂
Love Metro but the only problem with the Metro HQ highrise is that there are not enough other tall buildings in the vicinity. So build some more apartments there in empty plots.
The Old Chinatown that was there look much better.
It's also right next to the Men's Central Jail (0:14) so the inmates can quickly board a train out-of-here after making their escape.
😂
I just looks so lonely there all by itself.
I went to that building a few times to interview for them. Man public sector jobs are a drag. Takes ages to get processed.
If only Desmond Shaw was the standard for news presentation. Now we have mushmouths, thick accents, AVE and people who don't know enough english to order at a Wendy's. Articulate, educated news presenters with a love of language are a dying breed.
Railroad Crossings just like Caltrain uses Western Cullen Heyes and now using Safetran System Corp for that.
What’s up with the pool though?
Oh wow a building
so many windhoes
The comments are just ridiculous. People are incredibly negative these days.
i agree everyone just seems to want to spread hate and argue invalid points without giving any evidence lmao
Nice looking building! Too bad a lot of other ones being built are not so nice, or even downright ugly.
Everything is grey，You can hardly see the tree.
Can they hurry up and open up the new express lanes on the 10!
Just take the blue line bruh
what your not being told is that Metro took money from the gold line and other projects to build that 26 floor building. They spared no cost up to and including full marble bathrooms, imported stone, tile and glass. All at tax payer expense.
Yeah that building is way too fancy for its purpose. You can see it in every aspect of the building.
LAMetroLargerThanBART
And half as efficient.
@@richspillman4191 yet has more ridership
@@richspillman4191 LA area is 3 times greater in population so that might have something to do with it. Safe? Ask that women's family that got pushed in front of the train about that. Public transportation is hard and complex but with greater numbers come greater complexity.
@@Jonathan48948 lmao. BART & Caltrain both better than metro.
Looks terrible. This reporter is good but we all know it needs a bunch of repairs. Spanish Deco...never heard this before 😂
Bloated unaccountable pork.
1:12 metro is not the largest transit agency by ridership. The Bay Area’s Caltrain has more ridership.
It also offers a safer ride.
I don't believe that.
That’s not true. Metro is the 2nd largest public transit operator in the country. Caltrain only operates a single corridor on the San Fransisco peninsula at every 15 minutes. A single commuter line operating at 15 min headways cannot match a public transit agency’s ridership like Metro, SFMuni, and NYCMTA ridership
@@pinhead35 idk what you’re talking about. Google is free of charge. Caltrain still has more ridership than Metro.
@@vision-gc4hy ok Google is free bro.
Metro building looks just as obsolete as their train system and security
WOW! ……… who cares?
1:37 a car goes into underground parking of the "metro" headquarters... tells you everything you need to know about the state of transportation in Los Angeles. Public transportation is highly inefficient and the only reason we have traffic is because population has grown substantially and the last freeway was built in the 80s. Invest more in private transportation, smart traffic lights and smart grid, autonomous vehicles, more over passes and underpasses, less HOV lanes, wider freeways. Metro is bad.
Welp, I guess the entire industry of transportation planning and operations should just shut down and put this rando on the internet in charge. 😛
Google "latent demand" and/or "induced demand" and find out why you're utterly and woefully wrong.