Legislators Seek $2 Billion For Olympics Bus Transportation

What also alarmed me is how these lawmakers didn't seem to have a very basic grasp of what Metro's needs actually were...

"Let's be clear," Friedman reiterated while taking questions after the panel. "If the federal funding's not secured as we heard today, there's going to be longer wait times, there'll be less buses, there'll be worse congestion, we won't have an optimal experience for visitors, and that would be a terrible result, not just for Los Angeles but for the whole nation." I would say even that is a fairly optimistic take. Without Metro getting properly funded to move people around, the whole Olympic and Paralympic experiment — literally all of it — just doesn't work. We can't all ride bikes to venues in 93-degree heat. (Although I'm probably going to do it either way.)...

LA28 was invited to the hearing, a source told Torched, but declined to attend.