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On the 10th local time, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass reiterated the plan for a "car-free" Olympics in 2028 at a press conference held on the eve of the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, saying that the audience will use public transportation to travel to various venues.

Bass said remote work will help host a "car-free" Olympics, and Los Angeles plans to encourage remote work and non-standard working hours to prevent traffic chaos during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. "We will need more than 3,000 buses," Bass said, adding that Los Angeles will borrow these buses from various cities in the United States.

According to CCTV News, the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics Organizing Committee assured global media that they will take all necessary measures to ensure the safety and fairness of the competition.

Car-free Olympics to be held

In 1984, when Los Angeles hosted the Olympics for the second time, then-Los Angeles Mayor Bradley staggered local work hours to reduce traffic congestion. Bass said Los Angeles could do the same again this time.

“The way it should be done is to meet with the major employers in Los Angeles and discuss the work hours issue.” Bass said the effort four decades ago was made when technology was far behind what it is today. “I do think we may ask some employers, ‘Can you work remotely for 17 days?’ ” She added that so-called essential workers would be exempt, as they were during the pandemic.