LA28 Node-to-Node Mobility System

This project designed a mobility concept for the LA 2028 Olympics, when Los Angeles will need to move millions of residents and visitors across dozens of venues each day. Over six months, a CMU Heinz team worked with Honda Research Institute and 99P Labs to rethink Olympic transportation as a city-scale operations problem, not just an app experience.

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The core idea is a node-to-node mobility network. Instead of door-to-door pickups that create congestion and confusion during peak demand, the system uses fixed pickup and drop-off nodes to make movement predictable, fast, and easier to manage.

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The network is organized into three tiers: venue nodes near major exits for high-throughput event egress, neighborhood nodes that extend coverage across where people stay, and transit connector nodes at key Metro stations to support seamless multimodal trips.

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The concept includes both the rider experience and the operations layer. Riders get clear pickup locations and simple, predictable pricing, while operators get real-time tools to monitor fleet status, demand spikes, and charging to keep service reliable during surges.

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Finally, the project outlines how to validate and improve the system through simulation and scenario testing, with the goal of creating a repeatable blueprint for mega-event mobility that can scale beyond LA28.