Harbor Freeway — Local services in Los Angeles

In my opinion, the worst metro station in the entire system. However, the connections of the rail and busway are great.

The entire station feels like a brutalist dungeon, and is visually very dirty. This station truly deserves a deep cleaning.

No matter where you are in the station, the noise is unbearable. Upstairs of the C Line (Green) platform, the plexiglass barely does anything for the noise. Downstairs, the noise has no protection whatsoever. Metro seriously needs to consider how they'll suppress sound from the freeway station to passengers.

There should also be more security. I constantly smell weed or just see people sleeping on the benches downstairs on the busway station.

The signage should also be updated. It can be very confusing on where you're supposed to go, and the signs still use the old colored-lines, and can be confusing for new system users.

Overall, this station gets the job done, but is very unpleasant to be in for more...

I have a lot of personal (mostly ironic) affection for this station, objectively it's gotta be two stars or less. This station is a bizarre and surreal experience. I commuted through here every other day for a few months. I enjoyed the unsettling design aesthetic, the heavy concrete overhead, wrapping around you like a boa constrictor. I heard a clip from an interview with the guy who designed the sculptures, seating and decorations, he said he wanted it to feel like you're happening upon the ruins of a lost civilization, if I remember correctly. Pigeons dance around and drink from puddles probably containing a few dozen different toxic substances. Your train or bus arrives, the doors close and the constant hum of automobiles is silenced,...

It is convenient in that you can catch the green and silver lines, as well as a multitude of buses. However, if you aren't familiar with the place it is probably a little intimidating. The signage isn't great, and the odor of...