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October 24, 2007

London 2012: Public Transport Olympics

London is hosting the Summer Olympics in 2012, and it's promising a radical solution to the transportation problems inherent when hundreds of thousands of people come together in a two week period to watch sporting events.

Picture%201.png The plan is to require all attendees, with the exception of a few handicapped individuals, to use public transport to get to the events. That's a ban on cars, folks. To do so, the city will construct new train lines, extend cycling lanes, use exclusive "Olympic Lanes" on motorways, and allow no parking facilities near the stadia. The plan is here.

Considering that London is claiming that its Olympics will be the greenest ever, this step makes a lot of sense. London has one of the largest public transportation networks in the world, and it should be able to handle the traffic. The most important question, however, is whether citizens of the city will alter travel trends in the future because of investment now.

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