to me the most interesting thing was seeing people reacting so much to being recorded. It seems to be an every day occurrence or expectation that people will be recording where you are especially if you're in a city. The people in this video certainly noticed especially because the size of recording equipment has changed so much
This was 30 years ago when cameras weren't exactly common for everyone, it kinda makes me sad to see that the device no longer gets the respect it used to get back then. I wonder how are the people in this video are doing nowadays, I hope nothing but very best for them.
15:49 The Figueroa Street exit sign at 7th Street/Metro Center station looks almost same like today. It was formatted as "⬆️ Exit to Figueroa Street/Metro Blue Line To Long Beach ⬆️" at that time. As of now, it reads as "⬆️ Exit To Figueroa Street & Blue Line To Long Beach (Platform 2)" ⬆️. Despite the Expo Line (E Line) already existing since 2012 and extended to Santa Monica since 2016, that sign was never changed. Pretty soon, with the Regional Connector near completion, it'll be read as "⬆️ Exit to Figueroa Street/🔵 (A) to Long Beach & 🟡 (E) to Santa Monica ⬆️".
@@Lucrativecris Probably not I think. In some Facebook photos inside 7th Street/Metro Center station taken on the day before the Regional Connector's grand opening, some signs were still carrying the original format. One of the signs still read "Metro Blue Line To Long Beach", which was never changed at the time the Expo Line (E Line) opened in 2012.
Massive thanks for uploading this. Have been interested in this system since i saw it in my favourite film from the 90's Speed. To think that Keanu Reeves was running along Pershing Square station at one point!
Actually! Some med organizations have been abandoning rehab patients in MacArthur Park due to them or their families not paying the bill. It’s one of the causes for homeless transients and vagrants uptick.
BTW, it's not obvious on the video, but there were no fare turnstiles when the subway opened. It was on the honor system. You bought a ticket and climbed on-board. They rarely checked for tickets. Years later they retrofitted all the subway stations with turnstiles.
I hope you do NYC MTA Transit next. We had the Redbirds which was the red looking cars the 1,9,2,3,4,5 and 6 trains use to run on. And 7th train.. And the A,C, B, D, E,F, G,R, Q trains. 😊
@@NHGMitchell Nice! I wish you was in NYC back in the 90's. You would've been on the old red trains. Red Birds we use to call them here in NYC. Those ran the best.
Today the red line is a dump! It’s horrendous! Homeless people sleeping on the trains and platform, unsanitary conditions, and worse of the the drug fentanyl contamination
@@WrapperPresidentsShowIt's much better today. All of Metro has improved noticeably over the last year. Ridership went up 11% in 2023. And it will be higher in 2024. Things began to change for the better after the Regional Connector opened in June 2023.
It's probably cause the LACMTA Metro doesn't really serve all of L.A. yet. But once it's expanded to something even bigger we might see a tremendous change in riders.
today, E line baraly get enough train carts for the riders in the afternoons, people were standing, it only get 3 train cars. plus a lot of people taking more than one seat.
@@mattlovescatzIt's already changing. I noticed a difference after the Regional Connector opened. A lot more young people using it. Many with bikes and skateboards.
Back when LA Metro was safe and their stations were clean. As of now, the stations are dirty and it’s full of homeless people, drug addicts, and gang members
Excellent video, thanks for posting. It's nice seeing Westlake/Macarthur park station clean. Its current condition is horrendous.
Yes, this was 30 years ago. It's not even close to "clean", today. Even if they clean it a little, it's still dirty.
@@joelpaniagua2024Agreed.
@@joelpaniagua2024 At this time the Redline never went to North Hollywood.
It's much better today compared to 6 months ago.
to me the most interesting thing was seeing people reacting so much to being recorded. It seems to be an every day occurrence or expectation that people will be recording where you are especially if you're in a city. The people in this video certainly noticed especially because the size of recording equipment has changed so much
This was 30 years ago when cameras weren't exactly common for everyone, it kinda makes me sad to see that the device no longer gets the respect it used to get back then.
I wonder how are the people in this video are doing nowadays, I hope nothing but very best for them.
1980 Prop A passed: RTD built the Red Line, SCRRAT built the Blue Line, and Zev Yaroslavsky fracked it up.
Zev and Berman. Will never forgive them for that.
It’s weird seeing it end in west lake station
15:49 The Figueroa Street exit sign at 7th Street/Metro Center station looks almost same like today. It was formatted as "⬆️ Exit to Figueroa Street/Metro Blue Line To Long Beach ⬆️" at that time. As of now, it reads as "⬆️ Exit To Figueroa Street & Blue Line To Long Beach (Platform 2)" ⬆️. Despite the Expo Line (E Line) already existing since 2012 and extended to Santa Monica since 2016, that sign was never changed. Pretty soon, with the Regional Connector near completion, it'll be read as "⬆️ Exit to Figueroa Street/🔵 (A) to Long Beach & 🟡 (E) to Santa Monica ⬆️".
Did they change it?
@@Lucrativecris Probably not I think. In some Facebook photos inside 7th Street/Metro Center station taken on the day before the Regional Connector's grand opening, some signs were still carrying the original format. One of the signs still read "Metro Blue Line To Long Beach", which was never changed at the time the Expo Line (E Line) opened in 2012.
Massive thanks for uploading this. Have been interested in this system since i saw it in my favourite film from the 90's Speed. To think that Keanu Reeves was running along Pershing Square station at one point!
Wow! Back then, its service ended early! Today, I think the last train is around 11:30 p.m.
Back when Westlake was a bit peaceful
weird to see the la metro without thinking about the crackheads and the homeless hanging around on either the train stations or the trains
3:09, notice that they had no smartphones back then. Just pure chatting, and also notice how the trains were nice and clean, compared to today!
Well obviously there were no smart phones back then 🙄
Actually! Some med organizations have been abandoning rehab patients in MacArthur Park due to them or their families not paying the bill. It’s one of the causes for homeless transients and vagrants uptick.
BTW, it's not obvious on the video, but there were no fare turnstiles when the subway opened. It was on the honor system. You bought a ticket and climbed on-board. They rarely checked for tickets. Years later they retrofitted all the subway stations with turnstiles.
I hope you do NYC MTA Transit next. We had the Redbirds which was the red looking cars the 1,9,2,3,4,5 and 6 trains use to run on. And 7th train.. And the A,C, B, D, E,F, G,R, Q trains. 😊
Sorry, I didn't tape NYC.
@@NHGMitchell So you was in LA back in the early 90's
@@ChariotManGaming85 Yes, I taped this myself.
@@NHGMitchell Nice! I wish you was in NYC back in the 90's. You would've been on the old red trains. Red Birds we use to call them here in NYC. Those ran the best.
@@ChariotManGaming85There’s should be some 80-90s videos of nyc subway out there
I kinda fear to ride the metro red line because after watching the movie "valcano" i have fear of lava, even through it was a fiction movie
"The Coast is Toast" -- I remember that movie -- but realistically it's earthquakes, not volcanoes, that we have to worry about in L.A.
Today the red line is a dump! It’s horrendous! Homeless people sleeping on the trains and platform, unsanitary conditions, and worse of the the drug fentanyl contamination
@@WrapperPresidentsShowIt's much better today. All of Metro has improved noticeably over the last year. Ridership went up 11% in 2023. And it will be higher in 2024. Things began to change for the better after the Regional Connector opened in June 2023.
Those Subway Cars Are Breda A650 Built In 1991! They remain in service to this day on the Purple Line or D Line And In Some Cases the B line Red Line!
Very cool and rare video. Was probably filmed with a VHS video camera. Those were huge by today's standards. Thanks.
Anymore 90’s stuff coming?
That's all I have from L.A., but I do have some Chicago and London stuff in the works.
15:48 ironic since later on they called it 7thst/Metro Center Julian Dixon station
That’s cool History. I love it
Automated announcements were not introduced to the subway until the late 2000s.
Nope Early 2010’s
the film 'Speed, 1994" used this line
People still like to drive their cars on the freeways than actually ride the LA Metro for some reason.
It's probably cause the LACMTA Metro doesn't really serve all of L.A. yet. But once it's expanded to something even bigger we might see a tremendous change in riders.
today, E line baraly get enough train carts for the riders in the afternoons, people were standing, it only get 3 train cars. plus a lot of people taking more than one seat.
@@mattlovescatzIt's already changing. I noticed a difference after the Regional Connector opened. A lot more young people using it. Many with bikes and skateboards.
Less and less because traffic is getting worse and worse.
@@mrxman581 la traffic getting worse?
Way different compared to know
So weird to not see any homeless overdosing
I remember when that was totally nonexistent on the Red Line.
Damn. Different world. Went on it today and it was grimy, smelly, filthy and full of passed out transients and some open drug use.
It's improved noticeably over the last 6-8 months. It's getting better.
Back when LA Metro was safe and their stations were clean. As of now, the stations are dirty and it’s full of homeless people, drug addicts, and gang members
Not true. That's an exaggeration. It's improved noticeably over the last year.