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.

  • ComradeSharkfuckerEnglish
    7•1 month ago

    Los angelas wants this? Aren’t they one of the most car centric cities in the US? I’m shocked tbh

    • @HabahnowOP
      2•1 month ago

      Yes. We’ve had a history of being car centric, but in the last 20 years we’ve been pushing public transit a lot more. I think we have one of the largest light rail systems in the world actually. I believe a Texas city is now on top for most car centric