With only 14,000 parking spaces available for employees, visitors and over 37,000 students attending California State University, Long Beach, parking is a problem many drivers face. But a new program has been implemented to give students another option for parking. Students received an email on June 26 from Parking and[Read More…]
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Parking still a struggle for CSULB students
With over 103,000 applicants, Cal State Long Beach takes in more and more students each semester, causing parking to become an increasingly difficult feat for some commuters to pull off. Students are often seen driving around in circles, trying to find one out of 10,571 student parking spaces that exist[Read More…]
Your car could be at risk of auto theft
Cal State Long Beach students may need to look into taking the bus as car burglaries in the parking lots are becoming more common. An increase in auto burglaries has caught the attention of the University Police Department. According to Lt. Richard Goodwin, there were about half a dozen burglaries[Read More…]
Faculty flustered over new parking permit system
Unanticipated citations due to the new license plate recognition system implemented on campus this semester are frustrating numerous faculty over time spent contesting the parking violations. In an email sent out to campus faculty, Elizabeth Dahab, a comparative world literature and classics professor at Cal State Long Beach, described her[Read More…]
Demand for more parking leads to off-campus overflow availability
It’s the fourth week into the semester and parking is still a struggle for many students. Cal State Long Beach’s Parking and Transportation Services responded this week by opening overflow parking off campus at the nearby Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church on East Colorado Street. This[Read More…]
Park and ride at CSULB
Four weeks into the new semester, and Cal State Long Beach students can hope for a less-congested commute to campus. Off-campus general parking has been opened at the Greek Orthodox Church on 5761 E. Colorado Street and offers free CSULB shuttle service to commuters going to and from the university.[Read More…]
CSULB must prioritize commuting students
Every Cal State Long Beach student with a car has their own way of dealing with parking. Some drivers will arrive early enough to find a coveted spot in one of the three structures on campus; others will arrive minutes before high-traffic hour hits campus, hoping for an open spot[Read More…]
CSULB averts traffic crisis amidst construction
Despite a little bumper-to-bumper traffic near the construction, which closed down the west turnaround coming in from Bellflower this morning, Cal State Long Beach successfully avoided carmageddon. The closure of the west turnaround raised concerns of congestion throughout the campus. The brunt of the effort came from the Division of[Read More…]
Parking permit rates to rise in July
Single-day parking permit rates will increase July 1 to $8, and parking rates are expected to increase by $1 every year through July 2019. Short-term parking rates will also increase, and the price will vary depending on how long a space is occupied. Parking and Transportation Services sent out an[Read More…]
CSULB shuttle system sees student scrutiny
Kevin Alvarado paces back and forth in front of the Beachside dorms waiting for a Cal State Long Beach campus shuttle. He gives his phone a series of frantic glances, eyeballing the time and praying that he won’t be late for his classes. Alvarado isn’t the only student worried about[Read More…]