UCLA faculty experts advisory: L.A., UCLA ready for 'Carmageddon II'
The 405 freeway will be closed completely between the 10 and 101 freeways on Sept. 29 and 30 as part of a $1 billion project to widen the 405 for a carpool lane by late 2013. UCLA has experts.
GENERAL:
Brian Taylor, director of UCLA's Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, is a professor of urban planning at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs and an expert on transportation policy, planning and finance. He recently co-authored a report for the Los Angeles Mayor's Office on the summer 2011 closure of the 405.
Media contact:
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | Alex.Boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Martin Wachs, distinguished professor emeritus of urban planning at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, is an expert on transportation policy, planning and finance and on the environmental impacts of transportation systems. He recently co-authored a report for the Los Angeles Mayor's Office on the summer 2011 closure of the 405.
Media contact:
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | Alex.Boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
UCLA HOSPITAL PREPARATIONS:
The following UCLA Health System personnel are available to comment. Please call UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations at 310-794-0777 or 310-825-6301.
Kurt Kainsinger, manager of the Disaster Resource Center in the UCLA Health System's Office of Emergency Preparedness
Shannon O'Kelley, chief operating officer of the UCLA Health System
Dr. David Feinberg, president of the UCLA Health System
Dr. Tom Rosenthal, chief medical officer for the UCLA Health System
Mark Speare, senior associate director of patient affairs, human resources and marketing for the UCLA Health System
Doug Gunderson, chiec administrative officer of UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
Dr. James Atkinson, chief medical officer of UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS OF SHUTDOWN:
George Slavich, assistant professor of psychiatry and a member of the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA, was quoted frequently in the media during the 2011 closure of the 405 about dealing with potential psychological stress of gridlock.
Media contact:
Mark Wheeler | 310-794-2265 | mwheeler@mednet.ucla.edu