Los Angeles was chosen for the 2028 Olympics partly because of its amenities. That means it could gain less than what many hosts receive.
Metro Transit Security officers patrol Union Station as commuters make their way in downtown Los Angeles on July 16, 2024. Photo by Zaydee Sanchez for CalMatters
Same applies for other temporary measures such as reserving some streets and freeway lanes for Olympic-related shuttles. As with the borrowed buses, those fixes may alleviate traffic for a few weeks, but they could go away as soon as the torch passes onto the next city. Those projects do not represent an overhaul of the regional transit system, and that’s no accident. In fact, the transit situation underscores a paradox of the LA Games: The city was chosen in part because it already has the stadia and other amenities needed to host an Olympics, but because of that, it stands to gain less than some cities in return for putting on the two-week extravaganza.
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