The transit-first (no, really) games
In the end, LA28 put the events where the public transportation will already be
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Torched turns 1: A week of talks and toasts April 21-25
In a time of great uncertainty, Torched will always be about people coming together for LA
The road ahead
The city's first capital improvement plan will be focused exclusively on projects related to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It's already being referred to as the "Games CIP"
Feed the meter
The fact that LA could even aspire to host a "car-free" games owes a great debt to Donald Shoup repeating, for decades, that just because you're going somewhere in this city, you're not automatically guaranteed a free parking spot when you get there
The no-build (until-we-need-to-build-something-fast) games
LA could leverage this ordinance to make it easier to create new public spaces, public bathrooms, and even public housing leading up to 2028