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The War with the Customer

Consumer Commuting

December 21, 2006

I live near Santa Clara University, on the border between San Jose and Santa Clara. I drive by the University every day to and from work. In the last few days, I’ve noticed an uptick in traffic. Today, I discovered why: Santa Clara University is serving as a satellite parking lot for the mall.
The mall is something like 3 miles away, and features large parking lots and garages. Still, it’s not enough evidently as the waves of Christmas shoppers descend. To give you some idea of what lengths people are going to to find parking spaces, here’s a map to illustrate their desperation.

1 comment

  • imagine MY frustration… my new condo is RIGHT ON RTE 50 at fairfax co. parkway…. prime route to the mall…

    it took me forever just to be able to leave my house!!!!!!!!!1

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