Can LA host a 'car-free' Olympics?

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  NPR.

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  This is the indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Darian Woods.

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  And with me is reporter and Forbes columnist, Sonari Glinton.

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  Many listeners will recognize his voice from NPR and Planet Money and his years covering the auto industry.

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  Now, Sonari lives mostly car free in Hollywood.

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  It's good to be with you, Darian.

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  You know, I've been thinking about Hollywood and driving and Brian Wilson died this summer.

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  Rest in peace, Brian Wilson.

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  And at the time, the Little Duce Coupe album went to number four on the Billboard charts.

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  Oh, the harmonies.

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  Yes.

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  I know it's a gratuitous song cue,

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  but driving is a core part of California culture and even more so Los Angeles culture.

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  That, though, is changing.

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  Right, I heard Los Angeles is having a bit of a mass transit renaissance.

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  It's building a new subway, light rail,

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  and adding $120 billion of transit infrastructure for Los Angeles County over 40 years.

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  Yeah, there's the 28 by 28 plan,

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  which aims to complete 28 huge projects in time for the 2028 Olympics.

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