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REGULAR BOARD MEETING
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
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Motion by:
DIRECTOR HAHN
A Transportation Plan for 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Venues
In 2028, Los Angeles will host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, over a span of several weeks, with hundreds of thousands of spectators taking transit to venues from Santa Monica to the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach to Downtown Los Angeles and Exposition Park. The games have been billed as “transit first,” as all competition venues limit the number of spectators from traveling by private automobile. People going to venues will be encouraged to travel by bus, train, bike, or any other means other than driving themselves.
While Los Angeles adopted a similar strategy for its 1984 Olympic Games, that was a smaller event, with smaller crowds and less strain on the existing bus transit network. By contrast, the 2028 games will have at least twice as many competitions, with many more visitors and spectators. Transporting these people between venues and activity centers across the Los Angeles region will be a major undertaking, estimated to require another 2,700 buses, all of which will need to be acquired, operated, and maintained, for what will be the largest sporting event in our region’s history.
To date, Metro has focused its 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games planning around a Mobility Concept Plan, with an emphasis on moving people across the LA region. Included in this planning is a Games Enhanced Transit System. As Metro lays the groundwork now for the funding, people, and infrastructure that will be needed to serve the large numbers of visitors to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games venues, the Board needs to better understand how exactly this Games Enhanced Transit System will serve the millions of people who will be visiting Los Angeles region for this major event.
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SUBJECT: A TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES VENUES MOTION
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APPROVE Motion by Hahn that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to:
A. Report back to the Board with a plan on the Games Enhanced Transit System and overall preparation for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic games, including:
1. An estimate of the number of bus operators and maintenance staff that Metro will need;
2. A staffing plan;
3. A plan for how Metro will coordinate with other Municipal bus operators and Metrolink; and
4. Estimated costs for bus procurement and staffing, and how it could be paid for.
B. Report back on this plan and next steps at the April 2025 Ad Hoc 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Committee of this Board, with an interim update at the January 2025 Ad Hoc Committee meeting.