New Yorker Rides the Los Angeles Metro Expo Line (Line E) for the First Time
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- I ride the Los Angeles Metro Expo Line (Line E) for the first time as a Native New Yorker. I thought the train was very efficient, but the announcements could have been clearer.
Recorded August 12, 2021
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Culver city Station used to be a huge parking lot. Now its an office building, residential apartments, a hotel and green common space with underground parking. The next station over is LA Cienega station with hundreds of new apartments under construction with retail below, offices, and large office building on other side. There are a lot of development potential along metro expo line to create communities walking distance to transit, shops and eateries around. Office buildings, too. A lot of metro stations are starting to build more around existing stations.
Interesting. Thanks for the insight!
Not huge. /
Enjoy LA AK!!
This looks pretty neat, hopeful about the future.
With the focus on the Olympics, 2028 they will present more convenient lines
I think so too.
They are expanding it too.
Expo line is one of the best and newest lines in the Metro system. Can go from Downtown to Santa Monica in about an hour. And it's mostly elevated so you can get some nice views too.
That Culver city metro station is familiar to me , i took the train from downtown Los Angeles there 👍Memories came back clearly when i saw that station , thank you for sharing A K 👍!!!
As a New Yorker (Queens) who vacationed California in the summer, i really loved atmosphere/feel of the train, really reminds me of NYC MTA but at same time had it's own really nice feel
I wonder if they will ever get their ridership back to pre-COVID levels. In my city the roads are clogged with cars like never before and public transit trains and buses are empty.
Thank you AK! I love all of your videos but I especially appreciate your L A videos. It's almost like I was there with you. Peace and blessings from NJ.💞
You're welcome
the metro looks awesome! but NYC's still the best!
You haven't been to Hongkong or Tokyo or London, those are the best. NY needs a serious makeup
@@DonGivani Seoul, Shanghai, moscow
@@jasonwill5949 what I've heard Moscow has one of the most humongous, cathedral's as stations. And with other Asian cities you never can go wrong
@@DonGivani Moscow architecture in general is incredible
I went to NY twice this year and I liked how often the subways passed/far they went, but my goodness the stations need remodeling.
I think AK has a clone who is still in LA
That metro looks very modern and clean, liked it. Nice!
I will always hold the NYC Subway 🚇 in my heart ❤️ it's like no other that I know of 😆
All of LA's train/subway lines were built after 1990 with most built after the year 2000. Everything still looks new.
Everything is modern but the homeless and crime have the metro very dirty and very very unsafe now. It’s a shame it used to be so clean and a showcase for Los Angeles so many people used to use it and feel safe on it now it’s just a joke
You know you're entering downtown when looking outside the number of buildings that are brick, gritty looking and graffitied increases rapidly. 😂
Imagine if it looks like that
Above ground, but still fun. :) Thanks ActionKid for another fun video! ... You must have quite a few videos saved up, being that you are able to post them back and forth between the Los Angeles ones and the New York ones. Cheers from northeast Ohio!
You're welcome! I have plenty of LA videos left.
At 5:50 you see uniform fare inspector and metro police at opposite train door. Then at 7:45, you see two uniform inspectors writing stuff. More likely to find them on above ground rail because they have more non turnstiles versus subways which all have turnstiles. Subways you see them at exits and they check you as you exit like union Station, 7th metro, and Hollywood Highland in past years. LA metro is a county wide agency and county of LA sheriff's office used to be in charge in past years but they were so expensive
Those are LAPD Transit Services Division police officers. Fare inspectors are employed by the LA County MTA ("Metro") and are unarmed with the word "Metro" or "Metro Fare Inspector." When the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept had all of L.A. County, Fare Inspectors wore white shirts and green pants. COVID has reduced train ridership by 70% unfortunately. My guess is that the Fare Inspectors are on a reduced rotation or have been reassigned or furloughed until we are out of this mess.
When I visited LA and rode the Metro I was suprised when I saw fare inspectors making the rounds but many cities in Europe have them too. Not sure if other American subway systems have them since I've never seen them on the NYC subway or on the Chicago L system
The [G] & [J] lines are Bus Rapid Transit lines.
I've never taken the E Line. Good to see train is clean and quiet, and the station even has bike repair services! Thank you for the informative video, AK! 😃👍
Seeing the bike store and bike services area was eye opening!
Seattle Metro King County and Sound Transit 🚇 Chaos the transit service of Confuse people 😂😂😂 😆 🤣 😂
More like wider than AnsaldoBreda LRVs. They also operate wide KinkiSharyo LRVs on the Gold Line plus Blue and Green Lines as well. And recently they were testing AnsaldoBreda cars on the E Line for the upcoming Regional Connector which will connect Expo and Blue tracks to the Gold tracks
Seattle Metro bus and Sound transit light rail the Metro of Chaos transit agents 😆 🤣 😂
Excellent video, Sir! I haven't been on the Expo Line yet...got a nice preview on your video!!!
That platform feels really narrow
4:27 there was a fare inspector at the USC stop when I used it to go to a music festival at Expo Park. It's likely they bring them out when there's events happening near stops.
Bonneville Transit Center in Las Vegas has the same setup for bikes,
Congratulations with this ride ActionKid
As a native Californian, t's so weird hearing a new yorker compliment the Metro, seeing as the MTA is one of the best transportation systems in the US.
The Amsterdam system is a must
Good job my friend
The B & D lines don't have the same route. One stays along Wilshire and the other ends up in Universal Studios. Very different areas.
You seem disappointed that the line was better than you expected. LOL.
great video
I want to move to New York so I can take the train I no longer want the responsibility of having a car. How much does it cost to ride the train and subway?
California, land of plenty.
Not really. Not enough affordable housing and buying a house here is very very expensive.
@@marycad1160 A city not having enough affordable housing isn't mutually exclusive to L.A. Did hear though a couple of weeks ago that the City Council did approve an ordinance for a call for developers to build more affordable housing units. And I remember reading last year about the city buying and rehabbing old apt buildings and families transitioning out of homelessness getting to live in those apartments. If I remember correctly, the frist units that tenants got keys to were in the San Fernando Valley. Good steps.
That goes by my neighbor hood
Hey AK which system do you like better NYC Subway Or Los Angeles Metro Rail
NYC Subway because it's more developed
@@ActionKid Eventually the Los Angeles Metro Rail system in about 30 years could look similar to the NYC Subway that we see today
Wow an E Train that’s above ground 😅
So it goes to the city and not a pit stop but how many and how many stops is there underground, sorry it's my first time and how much is the fare
@@MitchellBPYao Oh I wish I could help with that , I don’t live in LA , I was just making an observation
@@MitchellBPYao There are 17 stops in total f starting from the 7th street metro station (where the Expo line meets up with the Red, Blue and Purple lines) in Downtown L.A. Where he got on was the Jefferson/La Cienega station which is Half way (a little more than) between Downtown and Dwntwn Santa Monica. There's a Target, McDonalds and See's Candy Chocolate store right down the street from the station. I've taken the Expo line many times since it opened in 2013, it was extended to Santa Monica in 2016.
@@danielleporter1829 well thanks a lot for the information but moving away from home makes me miss them, its like im going to another suburb in the same city like a holiday
Slight correction: The (A) line blue isn't called the long beach line
How ironic that it’s blue too, just like in NY
At least there's no rats or poop like in NYC
2:37 Oh boy, that's not water. . .
That doesn't look too modern to me.
Same Size cars as All LA Light Rail not Wider then the Gold Line
At $1.75, I find it a bargain.
Definitely will be visiting LA from NYC The Bronx in the near future.. And will be riding the LA Metro.. And I can't wait. I still feel LA Metro changing the color system to Names is copying off of NYC MTA Transit Lol.
While waiting on the platform, did you see any rats? (j/k)
No rats in the train station because there is no food. The rats are on the street.
If you're going to go on the G Line, you better get used to overcrowding and bumps for most of the trip
Why is there no elevator or lifts, that's high up
@@MitchellBPYao there are no elevators because for now the Orange Line (G Line) is at grade just like every other road cars drive on. Though soon it will be elevated to make way for the San Fernando Valley Line and the BRT will also be converted to a light rail
Also if youre reading this ActionKid, make sure you take the right bus you want. There is the Warner Center line and the Chatsworth Line, but they use the same color and letter line, which is the reason why they switched the Red Line's Wilsher route from red to purple
Love USA 😘 💕
Is this the Siemens train?
I think they are Siemens. Looks old.. The new Kinkosharyo train cars have modern look and different seat configuration.
New yorkers make me nervous. Are they nice people?
4:15 At least the signage is bilingual. More than can be said for NYC. 🙄
Do they have Air-conditioning? 🥵
Yes. Except I do remember going into the subway and buses and it was very hot. Perhaps the AC was not working at the time. However, this is rare and the air conditioning is always on.
LA doesn’t get very hot, only 90s usually
LA better than NYC
Boring