Karen Bass, the mayor, pledged to make the 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.

  • @fireweed@lemmy.world
    11•4 months ago

    Yeah I’m less worried about LA’s transportation nightmare and more about what happens if a standard California wildfire summer sends LA air quality into hazardous levels for the entire event

    • @teolan@lemmy.world
      2•4 months ago

      In Paris athletes got sick after swimming in the seine. In LA they will just have to breathe. Updates people, updates!