and health care opportunities offered by UC San Diego .”
The 11-mile extension of the Blue Line trolley includes stations at main campus and UC San Diego Health , offering a safe , reliable and inexpensive alternative to driving while helping reduce roadway congestion and ease parking demands . The Blue Line now extends from University Town Center ( UTC ) to the border region at San Ysidro , with many more connections to be made from downtown and Old Town San Diego . Riders can even transfer to a free electric shuttle to access the San Diego International Airport .
Manu Agni , a fourth-year Urban Studies and Planning major and president of Associated Students of UC San Diego , says , “ I believe that community is about seeing a piece of myself in someone else , and I hope that for every single UC San Diego student , this will help us see ourselves in the entire San Diego region .”
Currently , 60 percent of UC San Diego ’ s faculty , staff and students use alternative transportation for their daily commute . The university expects this percentage to increase , further contributing to cleaner air and overall sustainability efforts .
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