LA Olympics: city promises car-free edition | Estadão Mobility |
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In 2028, the Olympic Games will be hosted in the city of Los Angeles, in the United States. Famous for its giant avenues and chaotic congestion, the city promises to abolish the use of cars during the Games. Karen Bass, the city’s mayor, has promised to make the LA Olympics car-free, with a focus on public transport and active mobility.
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To provide an improved and efficient transportation system, the agency responsible for transit operations in the region, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro), has planned several improvement projects. “Our goal is to enhance mobility options during the Games and create a lasting legacy of improved transportation for LA’s future,” the company states.
To carry out the transformations, the US Department of Transportation forwarded a donation of US$ 139 million, granted through the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) project. By 2028, LA Metro aims to deliver a suite of mobility restoration projects by investing in high-quality multimodal transportation options.
According to Seleta Reynolds, director of innovation at LA Metro, in an interview with The Guardian newspaper, the city is expected to open at least one new railway line per year, between the current year and 2028. The project known as Twenty-Eight by ’28 or , in free translation, Twenty-Eight until 28, is a list of 28 actions that Metro LA intends to carry out in urban mobility until the year of the Olympic Games.
In total, there were US$20 billion (around R$111 billion) in investment. To date, according to the company, 18% of the projects have already been completed. Of the remainder, around 32% is under construction; 25% in the design phase; and 25% in planning.
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“Our main goal for 2028 is to allow all ticketed spectators to travel to competition venues by public transportation, walking or biking,” says the company that manages Los Angeles transit operations.
LA Metro estimates that during the Games it will receive one million extra trips per day. To meet this travel demand, the company wants to build a Supplementary Bus System (SBS). According to the company, SBS will connect train/bus stations and temporary parking locations to the Olympic and Paralympic Games venues.
By 2028, LA Metro plans to borrow 2,700 buses from neighboring cities in the State of California. Currently, in addition to the rail and bus transport network, the city has 80 km of exclusive bus lanes. The agency still expects that the entire SBS will consist of zero-emission buses and buses powered by compressed natural gas.
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