Los Angeles will urge public transit at 'no car' 2028 Olympic Games
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PARIS : Los Angeles, a city famous for its passionate car culture and notorious for its traffic, will strongly emphasise the use of public transportation when it hosts the Olympic Games in 2028, LA Mayor Karen Bass said on Saturday. LA is the birthplace of the modern freeway system but its decades-long ro
    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
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      1 month ago

      And the infrastructure is definitely lacking in LA. You can’t just tell people to use public transport and have like one bus an hour that takes you 3 miles from where you need to be.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    Make public transport free and make it extensive. I’m sure ridership will skyrocket. If they keep it the way it is or let Musk build another one of his Tesla tunnels, they’re going to have a bad time.

  • 432@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 month ago

    I wish this was a thing in Houston for just regular events at NRG. NRG not providing parking would be great!

  • yeather@lemmy.caEnglish
    716·
    1 month ago

    All fun and games until the Danish tourists are robbed at gunpoint on a shitty LA bus.

    • arthurpizza@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      1 month ago

      This idea that public transit is more dangerous is completely inaccurate. 330 traffic fatalities in 2023 in LA. That’s almost 1 day.

    • doingthestuff@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 month ago

      I mean if they’re saying no cars, then all the athletes and judges and higher up exec types, the news, everyone should be riding the bus. If it doesn’t apply to the “special” people, it shouldn’t apply to anyone.