This document discusses how Los Angeles' hosting of the 2028 Olympics can help accelerate the city's transportation improvements and sustainability goals. It outlines LA's plans to expand transit networks like metro lines and bike lanes, electrify transportation, and reduce emissions. Previous Olympic cities like Los Angeles in 1984, Beijing in 2008, and Vancouver in 2010 saw benefits like decreased driving and increased use of sustainable transit from hosting the games. LA aims to similarly leverage the 2028 Olympics to combat auto dependence and make progress on its sustainability targets.

1. THE 2028 OLYMPICS: A CATALYST
FOR LOS ANGELES’S
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS
AND SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
Kat Braver May 30, 2020

2. INTRODUCTION
 Population Growth
 Climate change
 Olympic Games 2028
 L.A.’s Green New Deal
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3. OLYMPIC SUCCESS STORIES
Los Angeles 1984
 11% increase in
highway capacity
 VMT reduced 20%
 Ozone reduction 14%
Vancouver 2010
 20% less road space
 43% increase in traffic
 Walking trips up 288%
Beijing 2008
 $40 billion investment
 Increase density
 Subways connect
distant
neighborhoods
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4. LOS ANGELES 2028
TRANSPORTATION
AND
SUSTAINABILITY
PLANS
Summer Olympics
Metro Vision 2028
 Improve transit
system
 Dedicated bus lanes
 Increase accessibility
Twenty-Eight by ’28
 Metro line extensions
 Highway expansion
 Bike lanes
Summer Olympics
 Street closures,
biking
 100% emission free
movement
Source: LA2028, n.d.
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5. SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS:
ENVIRONMENTAL • Transportation
Electrification Partnership
 Zero Emissions 2028 Roadmap
2.0
 25% GHG reduction
 100% electric bus fleet
 EV rebate and feebate
L.A.’s Green New Deal
 Reduce VMT 13% by 2025
 Increase active/public transit
35%
 Transportation assessment
guidelines
Source: Transportation Electrification Partnership.
2019
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6. Transit Oriented Communities
 57% of all new housing within 1500ft of a transit hub by
2025
 Align with transit development in San Fernando Valley
 Mixed use zoning promotes economic vitality
 Surpassed goal of 100,000 units by 2021
ECONOMIC
Source: Vincent 2019
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7. SOCIAL
 TOC Incentive Program
 42% of housing in 2019
 5400 units affordable housing
 Metro service improvements
 LADOT DASH bus
 4 routes in San Fernando Valley
and East L.A.
Source: Los Angels City Planning, n.d.
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8. OLYMPIC GAMES
SUSTAINABILITY
CASE STUDY
Table 1- Olympic Sustainability Case Study
Host City Sustainability Active Transit New Infrastructure Emission Reduction
Los Angeles
1984
-VMT reduced 20%
-Rideshare program
-Congestion reduced up to
25%
N/A -Borrowed 550 busses
-14% reduction ozone
levels
Beijing 2008
-Transit oriented
development
-“Car Free Day” Campaign
-N/A
-2 Subway lines
-2 Inner city railways
-Suburban railway
-Expressways
-Expanded airport
-63% emission reduction
-License plate based
driving program
Vancouver
2010
-79.5% of spectator travel
to games using sustainable
methods
-288% increase in walking
trips in downtown
-P3 development of Canada
Line
-Borrowed Belgian streetcar
system
- Vehicle trip reduction
16%
Los Angeles
2028
-Projected: Reduce VMT by
13%
-100% EV options for
travel to games
-Bike shares
-Closed streets
-17 Transit improvements
-7 Highway projects
-2 Bike path projects
-Projected: 25% reduction
GHG
-EV deployment
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9. RECOMMENDATIONS
Looking at the past for a better
future:
 L.A. 1984: bus system
 Beijing 2008: TOC and density
 Vancouver 2010: P3 and
“Olympic Road Diet”
Combat L.A.’s Auto Addiction
 1990-2000: 1.8 million people
and 456,000 cars
 2000-2015: 2.3 million people
and 2.1 million cars
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10. CONCLUSIONS
Major Takeaways
 Public Private
Partnerships
 Density through TOCs
 Public support of transit
Twenty-Eight by ‘28
+ Metro Vision =
Sustainable Future
Source: LA28, n.d.
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