De Anza College Students complain about San Jose traffic and
how stressful it is to try make it to class on time. During peak hours extra
time travel has increased in San Jose area from 24 minutes in 2015 to 38
minutes in 2016, according to The Business Journals
Out of five interviewed De Anza students, two said San
Jose’s traffic congestion is increasing because of all the tech companies like
Microsoft, Facebook and Apple offering job opportunities making it difficult
for college students to get to their classes on time. The other three said it
was because of gas prices.
Zade Mughannam, 22, Business Administration is a De Anza
College student who works full-time at the Microsoft branch store in Palo Alto.
Due to his hours at work, he can only attend school in the afternoon and
onwards, which is during traffic. He said that it’s a struggle to get to class
on time because of traffic.
“It takes me about 45 minutes to one hour. Sometimes traffic
gets pretty bad where it forces me to run late to class because it took me so
long to get to school,” said Mughannam.
Mughannam said that he always has to plan ahead in order for
him to avoid traffic and get to class on time because he knows how bad traffic
is in the afternoon.
“I always leave an hour before the time I want to go to
school. I do this so I make sure I have time, even though I may be early to
class,” said Mughannam.
Mughannam said the most time he spent in traffic on the way
to De Anza College is one hour and a half. He tried to avoid traffic various
times but always got stuck in it.
“No matter what way I took to get to school, there was
traffic everywhere so it was impossible to find another way, “said Mughannam.
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| A graph showing San Jose traffic levels throughout the years. |
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| A chart showing California's increase in traffic congestion. |
Traffic congestion in
San Jose has affected many De Anza College students to get to their classes on
time.
Alex Schrick, 23, marketing, is also having difficulties
getting to De Anza College to attend class on time because of how heavy traffic
is, which affects him in various ways.
“It takes me 40 minutes with traffic. I have been late about
5 times even though I plan ahead and leave early to school. Traffic has been
extremely unpredictable for me, “said Shrick.
Shrick said by not showing up to class on time his teachers
mark off points if he’s late so he has to do everything an hour earlier.
Shrick said that there were a few times he decided to skip class
due to how bad the traffic was going to De Anza College.
“I decided not to attend any classes twice because I didn’t
want to sit for an hour in traffic and then go sit in a classroom for another 3
hours. It is mentally unhealthy for you and unhealthy for your body, “said
Shrick.
Many students at De Anza College sometimes fall behind in
classes because they’re stuck in traffic for atleast one and 30 minutes leading
them to miss all the important explanations and assignments done in class.
