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The Bike Share System of Los Angeles: Is it Ready for the 2028 Olympics?
Urban planning, car-centric development, Los Angeles Metro, public transportation, sustainability, 2028 Olympics, bike share programs, transit network efficiency
May 2024
Los Angeles, over the past couple decades, has been trying to remediate the effects of mid to late 1900s urban planning that created the car-centric behemoth that peaked in the 00's and 10's (Novak, 2013). The main transit agency, Metro, recently received 900 million dollars to improve their transportation network which includes but is not limited to; bus, bikes, light rail, and heavy rail (LACity.gov, 2024). This is important because efficient public transportation networks are crucial to urban sustainability and is a solution to polluting cars (APTA, 2018).
Measuring transit the success of these new initiatives is difficult because of the multitude of factors that go into making a transportation network efficient. Therefore, I will use the 2028 Olympic games as a stasis point to see if LA's transportation network will be ready in time for the summer festival by analyzing the efficacy of bike share programs in LA.