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Mayor Bass announces plans for 'no car' Olympics in 2028
Casey Wasserman, LA28 Chairperson and President, and Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles, speak at the LA28 Press Conference in Paris on Aug. 10.
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Karen Bass has announced the upcoming 2028 Olympics will be "no-car games," meaning venues will only be accessible by public transportation.
At a news conference in Paris Saturday, Mayor Bass said a goal for the games will be to make it more easily accessible by eliminating cars from the equation.
Bass said venues will be only accessible by public transportation. It will take more than 3,000 buses, according to the Associated Press, which Bass said will be brought in from all over the country.
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Mayor Bass is in Paris for the closing ceremony of the 2024 games, where she will receive the Olympic flag officially passing the mantle of host from Paris to LA.
Mayor Bass and Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA Olympics 2028 organizing committee, highlighted some of the planning that's begun for the event.
"We’re already working to create jobs by expanding our public transportation system in order for us to have a no-car games,” Bass told the press.
To accomplish the "no-car" Olympics, Bass says the city will request businesses allow their employees to work from home during the 17-day Olympic period.
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