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Los Angeles Officially Announced as Host of 2028 Olympics

  • By Admin
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  • 22 Apr, 2018
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Los Angeles has officially been confirmed as host of the 2028 Summer Olympics, while Paris will host the Games in 2024.

In an unusual move, the International Olympic Committee announced the host of two cities at once after both campaign teams offered bids at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru. The official announcement is mostly a formality since a deal for L.A. to host the 2028 games was reached in late July.

“Everyone connected with L.A. 2028 is thrilled to be part of this win-win-win scenario for the Olympic movement,” bid leader Casey Wasserman said in a statement. “Together, L.A., Paris and the IOC will demonstrate the Games’ enduring value to host communities.”

Summer 2028 will be the first time the U.S. has hosted the Olympics since 1996 in Atlanta. L.A., which took over the official U.S. bid after Boston withdrew, has hosted the Games twice before, in 1932 and 1984.

The L.A. bid did not rely on public financing, and the city and state have agreed to provide a financial backstop in case of cost overruns. The bid did not include major new construction either. Rather than the initial plan to build an Olympic village along the L.A. River, the bid was in favor of housing athletes at UCLA dorms, while the sporting events will make use of existing stadiums and facilities.

“In 1932 and 1984, the Olympic Games helped to transform our city for the better — not just through bricks and mortar, but through new opportunities for our communities to watch, play and benefit from sport,” Los Angeles City Council president Herb Wesson said in a statement. “Over the next 11 years and beyond, we want to bring those benefits to young people across this city on an unprecedented scale.”


Source : http://variety.com/

Uber and NASA to launch flying taxi service by 2020

By Laurent Arnaud • 22 Apr, 2018

Uber  has partnered with NASA  to develop an on-demand electric aircraft  taxi service, which is scheduled to begin flights in Los Angeles in three years time.

Speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon yesterday, Uber 's head of product Jeff Holden announced that the taxi app had signed a contract with NASA  (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to develop low-flying aircrafts for urban environments.

The partnership, signed under NASA's Space Act Agreement, will enable Uber to develop an on-demand, app-based flying taxi service – named UberAIR.

It will begin tests in Los Angeles in 2020, and subsequently Dallas, Fort Worth and Frisco.

Source :  www.dezeen.com

L.A. mayor to announce 28 transit projects for completion before 2028 Olympics

By Admin • 22 Apr, 2018

Los Angeles  Mayor Eric Garcetti is preparing to announce a final slate of projects for his “28 by 28” initiative before the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s ( Metro ) board of directors this week. Garcetti’s effort aims to complete 28 regional transit projects before Los Angeles hosts the summer Olympics in 2028.

The proposal includes a collection of projects already planned under a recently passed transportation funding ballot initiative called Measure M, urbanize.LA reports. Measure M is slated to bring $860 million per year to regional transit projects that Metro will utilize to diversify regional transportation options.

According to a plan posted to the Metro website , Garcetti’s initiative includes 16 projects planned under Measure M and a previous transit measure. These projects include light rail and bus rapid transit (BRT) expansions across the region, as well as several highway improvement and widening efforts. The plan calls for expanding six light rail lines, which includes the completion of new light rail lines to Crenshaw in South Los Angeles, Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley, and Santa Ana in the southeast. Also included are a slew of regional BRT projects in the northern San Fernando Valley along Vermont Avenue and through Glendale.

The collected projects have the potential to reshape the region’s urban geography, as evidenced by the explosion of transit-oriented development  proposed along the recently extended Expo light rail line  in West Los Angeles. The areas around the first phase of the Purple Line subway extension are already booming with high-density, mixed-use developments.

Further information on the 28 by 28 plan is forthcoming. See the Metro website  for the official Measure M transit expansion roll-out schedule.

Source :  https://archpaper.com

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