I'm sure you guys are very familiar with getting stuck in traffic both when arriving and leaving the campus
Lets first start with the fact that I live in Glendora and before school started I used to take the CA 57 South, exit at Temple Ave, then proceed to South Temple Dr and Kellogs Drive. Little did I know how @$%#$ crowded that route (referred hereafter as the main route) could get.
On the first day of school I got to the CA57/IS10 junction at around 8 and noticed that the two lanes leading to the exit to Temple AND the Temple Ave overpass were dead. Having decided that I wasn't gonna wait to cut in there I thought I might as well exit at Grand Ave and take the back door. Then I realized that the CA57/CA60 junction is ALWAYS crowded and so I got off the freeway and took Golden Spring to Grand. Knowing that Valley still led to Temple/S Campus Dr I decided I might as well take the last route available, went straight until I got to Mt Sac, turned right on Temple and parked my car at lot K.
I moved my car to lot F during lunch (2.5 hrs...) since my last class that
afternoon was in Bldg 98.
It was around 5 when I finished class and I couldn't believe it when I got stuck on the main route for like 20/25 minutes til I could get on the CA57.
There was no f*n way I was gonna endure this every day, so I looked at the map and tried to come up with some alternative routes.
After a few days of classes I've tried out a few of these alternatives to the often crowded main route and I must say driving a mile or two more is WAY better than getting stuck in traffic.
Now when I'm coming to the campus I take the CA71 and exit at Valley, take Ridgeway so I can reach Kellogs from the other side of S Campus.
When I leave the campus I take Kellogs/CA10 West entrance and either make a "u turn" at Via Verde or take Via Verde back to the CA57 to avoid Kellogs/S Campus.
Saves me roughly 10-15 min.
Hope that might help a few of you. Of course I also encourage you to post your own route