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Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass waves the Olympic flag alongside LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman , US springboard diver Delaney Schnell , US skateboarder Tate Carew , and US volleyball player Micah Maʻa after their plane landed during an event celebrating the arrival of the Olympic flag at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, on August 12, 2024. Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympic Games.
A timely reminder of potential unique challenges came moments before her plane landed, as a 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook Los Angeles. “I’m skeptical we’ll actually achieve that, but I know we’re going to try,” said James Moore, an industrial and systems engineering professor at University of Southern California.Los Angeles does have a subway network, but at just five-and-a-half lines and relatively infrequent service, it is tiny for the region’s 10 million residents.
“If we see residents following the same strategy in 2028 and basically getting out of town for a few days, that may free up enough road space that we’re able to move everybody with buses,” said Moore. In a “handover” segment of the Paris closing ceremony, Tom Cruise parachuted with the Olympic flag into Los Angeles near the famous Hollywood sign, which he then redecorated with the Olympic logo.
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