Most students who have attended Cal. State Long Beach in the past can all agree that traffic has never been so agitating. An article on Sept. 20 in the school's newspaper, the daily 49er, discussed the crowd in the parking lots on campus. According to the column, CSULB parking has been "deemed busiest since 2008."
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| Google.com It is not hard to believe that parking permit sales have been higher than ever this semester at the school. "I have trouble going to and from school." Said Eileene Velasquez, a CSULB senior. "It takes me forever to get through the line of cars and then even longer to find a parking spot." Many more students, like Eileene, are feeling the results of increased traffic on and around campus. |
Getting to campus at any of the different entrances results in the same thing: waiting in line. "[Traffic] is way worse this year. It takes me a good 20 minutes to find parking this semester." Said Sharrise Boop, a CSULB student. "I notices lines of cars waiting outside of Brotman Hall just waiting for students to leave just to snag their spot." For whatever reason, the amount of cars filtering through campus has escalated, and now students must plan on including parking time into their goal to make it to class on time.
In finding a solution to this new stressor, students could possibly carpool, walk to school, or invest in a bicycle. According to the 49er newspaper article, for students who arrive in the mid-afternoon, parking and transportation services advises trying Parking Structure 1, as well as parking lots 13, 14 and 16; although many students prefer parking in areas near the buildings that hold their classes.
