Los Angeles wants a ‘no-car’ Olympics. Can the city of drivers turn a corner?
www.theguardian.com
Karen Bass, the mayor, pledged to make the 2028 Games car-free, but the sprawling city’s public transit falls far behind that of previous host cities

I was a bit pessimistic about this being possible, but to see that we did this in the 1984 Olympics without any light rail is pretty amazing to hear.

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    You have 4 years. Not enough to start and complete a new rail project. So stock up on bollards and lane dividers. And start creating a physically separated bus lane on every major street right now.

      • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        3 months ago

        Look at LA with Google Earth and then compare it to a city like Berlin or München. You will see that LA has far more parking lots, more stroads (roads that extremely dangerous and hostile to pedestrians and cyclists), and far fewer parks