Voices That Move Our Cities - Los Angeles

I want to first apologize for the substantial delay in continuing this series. I've had a lot of conflicting priorities lately, and even a few recent trips, but I finally got this episode cleaned up and ready for upload.
In this episode of Voices That Move Our Cities, we take a trip to the other side of the United States, to the City of Angels. Los Angeles' Metro system, especially their Metrorail division, is full of a variety of talented and dynamic voices that keep the ride fun and enjoyable. Many of the people behind these voices remain unnamed most likely because the recordings were done through third party agencies instead of directly working with Metro. We'll start underground on the busy B & D Subway Lines, then jump to the majority of the Light Rail system, and then finish up with some announcements from the Metrobus and an ending montage of "Please Stand Clear, the Doors are Closing" messages I personally recorded over the last few years. I also made an effort to visually transcribe to the best of my ability some of the Spanish announcements, but other areas I skipped because it was hard to tell what exactly was being said and I didn't want to risk using the wrong words or phrases.
0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Train Arrivals
1:59 - B (Red) & D (Purple) Lines
5:54 - A (Blue) Line
7:40 - E (Expo) Line
10:23 - Siemens P2000 E Line Announcements
10:49 - L (Gold) Line
12:01 - Metrobus (Metro Rapid Line 734)
13:00 - Metrorail Rule Reminders
15:30 - "Please Stand Clear! The Doors Are Closing!"
I hope you enjoy this next episode. Looking forward to doing more episodes sooner than last time. :)

[@ChristopherTucker18]

I hear these almost every day

[@CathK-sp9gc]

@coywire

[@SigmaRho2922]

One of the sound effects from Windows 98’s Utopia sound set was used for the announcements.

[@CityLifeinAmerica]

I’m watching too many of these when I should be asleep. I’ll be dreaming of bus announcements I guess lmao.

[@Lucrativecris]

12:25 the original stop requested lives rent free on my head😂

[@ClankyCloverRailfanning]

for your safety watch your step while exiting the bus

[@ClankyCloverRailfanning]

I actually heard the original one a couple times some months back but now theres a new permanent one i guess

[@realquadmoo]

CUSTOMERS 💀 our pa says Please stand behind the yellow line and allow other passengers to exit before boarding

[@Lucrativecris]

Blue line had different announcements before the E line even opened also the asterisk sound wasn’t on all the lines! The green line was the first line to have automated PA system

[@sgtdebones]

Yup. The Green Line pioneered the PA system for the rest of the network

[@LewisYamanoteAintReal]

I’m going to LA soon.

[@DebraMiller-mm5hd]

Have a good time

[@TheManny717]

I know that the one who is doing the Spanish has to be Talaya Trigueros. @ the 4:20 mark, she said “…en está parada.” @ the 4:30 mark: “Este es un tren de Metro Purple Line a Union Station.” Also, my friend has recorded the announcements whenever he was riding Metro before moving to Rhode Island over a year ago.

[@roachtoasties]

Most metro announcements in L.A. are recordings of real people, although I noticed some computer voices showing up in the newer light rail stations. In San Francisco it's a different story. Computers with voices: "An Eight Car Train to San Francisco International Airport is arriving." Maybe that's because of all the tech industries in the Bay Area.

[@wlctransit7593]

Found this video for the original Stop Request announcement on the city buses. The voice of Danny Trejo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJexe36ah9CXkKc

[@LDTV22OfficialChannel]

15:30 is my favorite part

[@kinghovanmorganmoore3631]

A line (Blue) (End of the line)

[@jacobtheprogamer4750]

I wish there was a Text to speech for this voice

[@wlctransit7593]

If I could broaden that, I would say there are several transit voices that I would love to have Text-to-Speech responses for. :)

[@losangelesrailway3505]

The chime sound sounds so worn out and broken at 15:42! Edit:At 2:20 It's actually 1st and temple not 1st and 10th!

[@wlctransit7593]

Oops! Thank you for pointing out that type-o at 2:20. Since I plan to do an update on this video whenever the new HR4000 trains go into service (whenever that is), I'll make the correction. As for 15:42, I noticed that the P2000 trains tend to have a more scratchy sound to the PA chime. I don't know if it's due to the audio equipment that Siemens built into it or if it's a maintenance issue (considering that the Nippon Sharyos had much cleaner-sounding PA equipment by comparison and those were older).

[@JustAPolishAmerican]

Where does the PA chime come from?

[@Lucrativecris]

@@wlctransit7593 they always had a crappy PA system the p2000

[@Lucrativecris]

@@JustAPolishAmerican windows 98

[@JustAPolishAmerican]

@@Lucrativecris the default notify sound sounds the most similar, but it isn't the same. was it maybe a Microsoft Plus! sound pack?

[@beardedalex562]

Can you do a Las Vegas one please

[@wavstudionet]

Is this Danny Dark? 7:40 Fans know Danny Dark as the voice of Super friends ' Superman and for other Hanna Barbera cartoons (E.g. Sky Commanders, Thundarr the Barbarian)

[@kinghovanmorganmoore3631]

bruh it was spanish to spanish/english

[@CathK-sp9gc]

@coywire