The LA Auto Club has a "Stalled On the Freeway" Plan

    --Most Southern Californians rate congestion as the No. 1 traffic problem in the region. Piecemeal approaches aren't solving the problem. The Auto Club will announce a major effort to achieve region-wide consensus on congestion relief and release a new report on congestion called "The Quiet Crisis."

WHO:     Auto Club President and CEO Thomas V. McKernan Jr., Los
         Angeles City Councilman Hal Bernson, West Covina City
         Councilman Ben Wong and five Los Angeles commuters.

WHERE:   Behind Union Station, Los Angeles (from Alameda Avenue,
         turn right on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, right into first
         driveway into Union Station property, immediate left up ramp
         and follow road to the end).

WHEN:    10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002

VISUALS: 101 Freeway traffic, metrolink trains and buses. B-roll
         of the 4 most congested interchanges in the Los Angeles area
         will be provided along with copies of "The Quiet Crisis"
         report. Taped interviews with commuters about congestion will
         be included in b-roll. Five different commuters who drive, use
         trains or buses will be at the news conference and available
         for interviews.