The Paris Games are over but the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are already taking shape. Here’s what you need to know.
The Paris Games are over, the Olympic flame that hung suspended in a cauldron above the Jardins de Tuileries extinguished, and the Olympic flag handed over to Los Angeles for the 2028 Games.
“We’ve been building out our system, but we’re also going to need a lot of buses, thousands of buses from neighboring cities and states to help us deliver that.” Bass told reporters that the city will use 3,000 buses loaned from across the United States, encourage remote working during the games to reduce traffic, and invest in the public transportation system to achieve this goal.
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