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REVISED
AD HOC 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 23, 2024
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Motion by:
DIRECTORS HAHN, HORVATH, SOLIS, BUTTS, AND BASS
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 the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach to Downtown Los Angeles and Exposition Park. The games have been billed as "transit first," and spectators traveling 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 borrowed buses. 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 thousands more borrowed buses, all of which will need to be 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, and our broader regional transportation preparations, will serve the millions of people who will be visiting Southern California for this major event, without compromising regular service for the more than one million riders who already rely on Metro.
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SUBJECT: A TRANSPORTATION PL...
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