Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Promises “No-Car” Olympics In 2028
deadline.comLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass today previewed the city’s plans for hosting the 2028 Olympics. The most shocking element: Bass promised the 2028 Summer Olympics will be “a no-car Games,” she said.
Bass and Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA 2028 organizing committee, highlighted the planning already in place for the events. “We’re already working to create jobs by expanding our public transportation system in order for us to have a no-car Games,” she said. “And that’s a feat for Los Angeles, as we’ve always been in love with our cars.
We’re working to ensure that we can build a greener Los Angeles.” Bass said public transportation will be the only way to access the Los Angeles Olympics venues.
That means using 3,000 buses that will be borrowed from all over the country, as well as requesting businesses allow employees to work from home during the 17-day Olympics period.
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