Los Angeles wants a ‘no-car’ Olympics in 2028. Is it possible? (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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[-] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

what?

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

“A lot of people don’t know that a core part of the Olympic proposal is that you reserve lanes on your major roads and highways for the IOC, officials, dignitaries, and athletes,” says Chris Dempsey, co-chair of No Boston Olympics. He says IOC members like Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar, a country currently embroiled in scandal over a sporting event bigger than the Olympics, cruising past Massachusetts commuters is merely an insult to a $300 million injury: “Taxpayers are being asked to pick up those costs. The insult is, ‘We’re going to take lanes from your highways, and you’re not going to use it.’ The injury is, ‘You’re the guys who’re going to have to foot the bill for that cost.'”

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2015/06/30/boston-2024-olympic-lanes/

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