I hate living in Mira Mesa because of the lame commute!

When driving home to Mira Mesa during non peak hours, especially from 10pm
to 6:30 am, the route can take about 12-13 minutes. Usually it takes more
like 20. However, during rush hour, it can take nearly an hour for me to
get home, due to an overly congested main street in Mira Mesa, Mira Mesa
Blvd., that has about 10-15 traffic lights in the span of around a mile.
The commute time is in itself not "that long", but the constant stop and
go traffic and close proximity to other vehicles, combined with the lack
of scenery during the drive have made me really hate driving to school. I
have to be on campus at 7 am 3 days during the week so carpooling is not
an option. This quarter, I only need to be on campus on those 3 days,
and that early I am always able to find a space on campus so I use a
10-day parking pass for daily use fee of $4.00, and even at 7 am, I still
have to park in the back of the lot. For this assignment, I tried to think
of alternative routes or modes of transportation. However, no one wants
to leave for campus at 6:30 am, so carpooling didn't work. The buses are
of no help to me early in the morning because I would have to get on one
at around 5:15 to get to campus by 7:00 am. Biking is a little scary
since I would have to be on congested roads for 10+ miles and when I'm
carrying all my books and things is not a good option for me. Walking
would take around 2 hours. For the one time purposes of this assignment,
I decided to hitch a ride with a friend and ditch my early morning meeting
for work, which I find unimportant anyways. This is not a sustainable way
to commute since it doesn't even save me time and it puts me on campus at
a time that doesn't work out with my schedule. I would be forced to move
to La Jolla if I didn't own a car.
Katherine Young