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Episode 07 — My Commute is Home               

 


Episode Transcript

This episode probes the student commuter experience at UCLA. Just how many long-distance commuters are there? What is the relationship between commuting and housing insecurity? What are advocates doing to address nexus between long or “extreme” commutes and houslessness? Using prior research conducted by cityLAB as a baseline, Gus engages a series of students and administrators to get a sense of the current state of the UCLA commute, and what commutes might look like when campus reopens this fall.

Bio:


Gus Wendel is a doctoral student in Urban Planning at UCLA, and is the Assistant Director of cityLAB-UCLA, where he oversees several design-research projects examining the links between housing insecurity, long-distance commuting, and public space access and use. Gus is part of the UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative, where he co-produces the Digital Salon and is involved in teaching and research. Gus has a Master in Urban and Regional Planning from the Luskin School of Public Affairs and a BA in International Relations and Italian Studies from Brown University.

• To learn more about the BruinHub project visit https://citylab.ucla.edu/campus-commuter-hub.
• To access the My Commute is Hell (2019) report visit https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58e4e9705016e194dd5cdc43/t/5d8bb03f597be3780c8542bd/1569435766654/19-0924+MCiH_Final_Update.pdf.
• To get involved with the Bruin Commuter Student Association email bcsa.ucla@gmail.com.
• To get involved in Safe Parking UCLA check out the Safe Parking Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/safeparkingucla/.
• If you are experiencing housing insecurity or a financial crisis contact the the UCLA Economic Crisis Response Team at ecr@saonet.ucla.edu.