Los Angeles wants a ‘no-car’ Olympics. Can the city of drivers turn a corner?
Los Angeles wants a ‘no-car’ Olympics. Can the city of drivers turn a corner?
Karen Bass, the mayor, pledged to make the 2028 Games car-free, but the sprawling city’s public transit falls far behind that of previous host cities
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Los Angeles. No car. 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
That city has one of the most dysfunctional and impractical public transit systems I have ever known. Admittedly, I have not experienced many, but it is bad enough for me to believe the conspiracy theory that car manufacturers have influenced city leaders to ensure that cars are mandatory.
If you live near one of the rapid transit lines, it's not bad. The problem is that there are way too few lines. But I lived in walking distance to the Red Line and it was pretty useful. Now that there's a line directly to the beach, I probably would go to the beach a lot more too, but they built that after I moved away.
Have you tried taking it anywhere that requires a transfer? Last time I saw, all transfers required going to Union Station. Doesn't matter if that is the opposite direction of where you want to go. Union Station is (or was) the only option if you were not traveling in a straight line.
All of my knowledge on Los Angeles public transit is about 15 years old. I really do hope that they have improved since then.
I am also just talking about just the Metro rail system. I never attempted any other public transit options in LA.
My knowledge is as old as yours, but looking at a map, that's not quite true anymore.
As a European, it's so odd coming to the US. I was going to the US to see some NFL games. Picked a hotel 1,5 miles from Giant Stadium, thinking we could just walk there. Nope! 20 minute car ride, or 90 minutes by foot
How come it was 90 minutes by foot? A lot of roads without crossing?