To the editor: There was one enormous issue not talked about in your article about site visitors on the 2028 Summer time Olympics in Los Angeles.
My dad and mom, who had been relationship through the 1932 Video games, walked from their M.D. internships at California Hospital on Hope Avenue to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. I nicely bear in mind the gloriously traffic-free highways in our final Olympics in 1984.
Why was site visitors so mild? One cause: Through the 1984 Video games, truck deliveries might solely be made in a single day. Companies had been sad, however it was just for a few weeks.
Think about the distinction it could make for immediately’s site visitors if we had no vehicles on the highway throughout peak hours. That must be prioritized once more for 2028.
Meg Quinn Coulter, Los Angeles
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To the editor: It’s not a nasty thought to restrict automobiles at Olympic venues if there are sufficient buses that run incessantly, are cheap and are protected and clear.
Just lately, I went to the Hollywood Bowl and parked on the L.A. Zoo lot, connecting by bus to the venue. It was straightforward and fast, loads of parking was obtainable, and there was no site visitors.
Henry Nowakowski, Orange
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To the editor: The 2028 Olympics will value round $7 billion. Downside is, town and state have agreed to pay for prices that can not be lined with Olympic income, presumably to the tune of a whole bunch of tens of millions of {dollars}.
To not fear, of us: Even with our overwhelmed infrastructure, the Hollywood signal shines shiny over the estimated 45,000 homeless individuals dwelling on the streets of Los Angeles.
The LA28 organizers, with film star energy, will overcome all obstacles to cowl the $7 billion, as town’s homeless residents proceed to swelter beneath a freeway bridge.
Mark Shapiro, Los Angeles
