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.
