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Re:Estimated cost of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics jumps to $6.9B by HillaryBriss on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @01:10PM (#19799280)
IMHO, this highlights the main pain point: transportation.

The city of LA's population was about 3 million in 1984 and now it's about 4 million. The surrounding cities (which are often hard to distinguish from LA itself) have grown too. Road and freeway expansion have not kept pace. Car traffic has become far heavier.

In 1984, the events were spread all over the place. They'll probably do something similar in 2028.

Will people be able to drive their rental cars and take their Ubers in a timely manner to the drop-off points for these dispersed events?

Will the city and county governments and the MTA add public transport in an intelligent and sufficient way to eliminate the need or desire for large amounts of private transportation? (Answer: no)

Re:Estimated cost of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics jumps to $6.9B by dv_dt on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @01:34PM (#19799537)
The MTA has plans to expand, and having the focusing timeline of the 2028 Olympics is, imho, helpful for large projects.

https://la.curbed.com/2017/8/4/16098474/olympics-transit-fut...

Re:Estimated cost of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics jumps to $6.9B by mixmastamyk on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @07:19PM (#19802660)
The Metro goes 100x farther than in '84. Most of the stadiums are near it, and LAX getting more accessible. Yes it has a while more to go, and it will, but it is not correct to say there has been no improvement.