LA Races to Add Electric Buses and Chargers for 2028 Olympics (Correct)

The last time Los Angeles hosted the Olympic Games, in 1984, organizers came up with a plan to shuttle athletes and spectators around the sprawling metro on a special fleet of buses running express routes between venues. Improbably, this pop-up bus rapid transit system worked pretty well — normally traffic-clogged freeways flowed freely.

For the 2028 Summer Games, a similar project is ramping up: LA Metro, the regional transit agency, plans to launch the “Games Enhanced Transit Service” — a kind of parallel public transportation system. Organizers hope to field 1,747 extra buses, running routes connecting Olympic and ...