In the wake of a new wave of 2028 Summer Olympic venues being announced, one Los Angeles County supervisor is suggesting that Metro operate a water taxi to give fans a fun way to get to events.
Specifically, Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn recommended the proposed water taxi run from San Pedro to Long Beach; the latter will host 11 Olympic events in 2028, including beach volleyball, sport climbing and coastal rowing.
It was recently announced that the beach volleyball event would be held in Long Beach as opposed to Santa Monica, which has long been regarded as the sport’s birthplace.
With the abundance of events scheduled, Supervisor Hahn believes that a new, innovative way to get people from the L.A. area to Long Beach will align with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ “transit-first” initiative for the 2028 Games and alleviate traffic.
“Long Beach will be the place to be in 2028 and I want us to get creative about how people will get there,” Hahn said in a media release. “If we really want the 2028 Games to be ‘transit-first,’ we have to make transit fun for people, and we can’t just rely on trains and buses.”
Supervisor Hahn, who serves as the chair of the Metro Board of Directors and is also chair of Metro’s Ad-Hoc Committee on the Olympic and Paralympic Games, pointed out that Long Beach Transit already operates a pair of water taxis: the AquaBus, which operates within Rainbow Harbor, and the AquaLink, which connects Alamitos Bay and Rainbow Harbor.
