my standard route to campus...

The route I usually take to school is to walk to the corner of Regents and
Arriba and take the Arriba shuttle. The first part of my journey is to
walk to the shuttle stop, which usually takes me about 10 minutes. I
usually follow my street, which unfortunately does not have a sidewalk.
Once I almost get to the main road (Arriba), I usually take a shortcut
through a small grassy area/park that is only for pedestrians. This saves
me some time, and is a pleasant area where kids sometimes play and people
like to bring their dogs. After cutting through this area, I get onto the
main stretch of my walk that takes me directly to the shuttle stop. It is
a pretty short walk from that point, and you can usually see when the
shuttle turns the corner, which can be both a good and bad thing
(sometimes leading to a mad dash to try and get on the shuttle).
The shuttle is a very convenient mode of transport, it is free for UCSD
students, and only has a few stops. It takes about 10-15 minutes to get
to campus from my shuttle stop. The only downside is that it can
sometimes get very crowded and lots of people are forced to stand and
squeeze together for the ride.
An alternate route that I took was to get a ride with my roommate. This
was convenient because we could take a more direct route, but it had the
added challenges of having to leave earlier to find parking. When taking
into account the stress and cost of parking on campus, I feel that the
shuttle is a much more economical way to get to and from school. In fact,
my friends that do have cars often choose to take the shuttle to save
them from having to park on campus.
-Hitomi Demers