Los Angeles, USA, a city infamous for its traffic, is building a lot of transit right now. Is it going to be enough for the 2028 Olympics? I haven’t spent enough time in LA since completion of...
Los Angeles, USA, a city infamous for its traffic, is building a lot of transit right now. Is it going to be enough for the 2028 Olympics?
I haven’t spent enough time in LA since completion of some of the projects discussed in this video to have a good intuitive sense for how they’ve changed the transit landscape in the last few years. But they sure do seem impactful, and the city seems to be on a productive track.
Athletic competitions are entertaining to people. Sports, games, and physical feats have been a cornerstone of human life since recorded history began. For that reason, people will always follow...
Athletic competitions are entertaining to people. Sports, games, and physical feats have been a cornerstone of human life since recorded history began. For that reason, people will always follow them.
A friend of mine actually works for the IOC. Not an executive or anything, but the job they do is pretty… normal work directly pursuant to the goals of any athletic organization. As a non-sports person, I don’t have much of an opinion on the IOC but it does seem like something the media enjoys latching onto, possibly excessively.
I shared this thread because whether or not people have a negative opinion of the IOC (I imagine most have little opinion at all), the Olympics have a gigantic effect on a city’s transportation network. Here, LA has the opportunity to shine in the spotlight and break its reputation as a car-centric city.
The video implicitly proposes that many or most visitors, who will also comprise an international audience, will take public transit instead of driving because of the infrastructure LA is putting...
The video implicitly proposes that many or most visitors, who will also comprise an international audience, will take public transit instead of driving because of the infrastructure LA is putting in place now for its own residents.
I don't quite know how to do this without being quite direct. Do you realize you hijacked the subject of the video in a somewhat bullish way to tack on something else? Furthermore, when OP quite...
I don't quite know how to do this without being quite direct. Do you realize you hijacked the subject of the video in a somewhat bullish way to tack on something else? Furthermore, when OP quite politely tried to point it out, you doubled down on the matter? Yes, generally speaking, you might have some valid points about the Olympics and the IOC.
But, all things considered, this is primarily a video about public transit in LA. It uses the Olympics as a story telling vessel and how visitors of such an event might contribute to a better image of LA in regard to transit. But it isn't the main subject, that is still transit itself.
The two previous LA Olympics (1932 and 1984) both had received only a single bid, both were held during a rough period for the Olympics (the Depression for the former; and in the aftermath of the...
The two previous LA Olympics (1932 and 1984) both had received only a single bid, both were held during a rough period for the Olympics (the Depression for the former; and in the aftermath of the Munich Massacre, the 1976 Montreal cost overruns, and the 1980 Boycott for the latter), and both were considered profitable, and especially for 1984 highly successful. Los Angeles has a knack for hosting them, and with all the transit the traffic situation is likely to be better than in 1984. If there’s one city that can host the Olympics with few hiccups, it would be LA.
Los Angeles, USA, a city infamous for its traffic, is building a lot of transit right now. Is it going to be enough for the 2028 Olympics?
I haven’t spent enough time in LA since completion of some of the projects discussed in this video to have a good intuitive sense for how they’ve changed the transit landscape in the last few years. But they sure do seem impactful, and the city seems to be on a productive track.
Athletic competitions are entertaining to people. Sports, games, and physical feats have been a cornerstone of human life since recorded history began. For that reason, people will always follow them.
A friend of mine actually works for the IOC. Not an executive or anything, but the job they do is pretty… normal work directly pursuant to the goals of any athletic organization. As a non-sports person, I don’t have much of an opinion on the IOC but it does seem like something the media enjoys latching onto, possibly excessively.
I shared this thread because whether or not people have a negative opinion of the IOC (I imagine most have little opinion at all), the Olympics have a gigantic effect on a city’s transportation network. Here, LA has the opportunity to shine in the spotlight and break its reputation as a car-centric city.
The video implicitly proposes that many or most visitors, who will also comprise an international audience, will take public transit instead of driving because of the infrastructure LA is putting in place now for its own residents.
I don't quite know how to do this without being quite direct. Do you realize you hijacked the subject of the video in a somewhat bullish way to tack on something else? Furthermore, when OP quite politely tried to point it out, you doubled down on the matter? Yes, generally speaking, you might have some valid points about the Olympics and the IOC.
But, all things considered, this is primarily a video about public transit in LA. It uses the Olympics as a story telling vessel and how visitors of such an event might contribute to a better image of LA in regard to transit. But it isn't the main subject, that is still transit itself.
The two previous LA Olympics (1932 and 1984) both had received only a single bid, both were held during a rough period for the Olympics (the Depression for the former; and in the aftermath of the Munich Massacre, the 1976 Montreal cost overruns, and the 1980 Boycott for the latter), and both were considered profitable, and especially for 1984 highly successful. Los Angeles has a knack for hosting them, and with all the transit the traffic situation is likely to be better than in 1984. If there’s one city that can host the Olympics with few hiccups, it would be LA.