<p>Does anyone know how the gas prices are around the SD/La Jolla area? I'm still debating whether or not to bring my car and this bit of information would help a little. </p>
<p>It'd be real nice if it were cheaper, paying $50+ to fill up my car really hurts me. And my wallet.</p>
<p>if you're living on campus freshman year, a lot of peopel say don't bring your car. you'll only end up using it on the weekends (maybe) and it costs money to store it. and you can just mooch off upperclassmen or do public transportation. and try gasbuddy.com (i think tahst whats its called?) for info around lajolla</p>
<p>I know, the price is an issue, but I'd like to be able to have easier access to the city and not have to rely on the train to get home. Oh well, I have a few friends who are gonna be sophomores next year and are bringing their cars down.</p>
<p>And thanks for the site. Gas is 20cents more expensive in La Jolla, apparently. :(</p>
<p>i am debating too</p>
<p>San Diego generally has the highest gas prices in the country - even higher than LA. The gas station across the street from UCSD is even higher than the norm for San Diego but that's because it can catch a lot of tourists. If you live here, you can find where the cheaper stations are but should expect they'll all be high. Note that it's expensive (>$500 per 3 quarters) to park on campus and generally discouraged by the college for first years. Local transportation to beaches, the mall, around campus,, etc. is very accessible by the free UCSD shuttle and city buses and is actually more convenient since you don't have to worry about parking your car or having it broken into. If you want to head to lot of other areas of the county including downtown, you can do it by bus if need be but a car would be more convenient and faster (but more expensive).</p>
<p>There's a train stop in Sorrento Valley which is only a few miles from campus and I think they have a UCSD shuttle that goes there but I'm not sure of the details.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for all that, ucsd<em>ucla</em>dad. </p>
<p>Since you live in the SD area, would you recommend bringing a bike as a form of transportation? When I visited the La Jolla village, I didn't see many places to park a bike...</p>
<p>La Jolla didn't even seem that bike-accessible to begin with...</p>
<p>It didn't seem THAT bad. I'm obviously not going to bike all the way down to San Diego, I just need a place to park when I go to UTC or the Village.</p>
<p>Then again, I come from a place where riding a bike pretty much equals a death sentence.</p>
<p>you can park your car at UCT and then just use the bus the rest of the way to campus. Its free =)</p>
<p>Im from san diego and the price for regular gas at the the closest gas station is $3.59 and premium being 3.79</p>
<p>That's not too bad. Regular for my city is $3.49</p>
<p>It's bad for me...I already pay 3.40 for regular and I drive a gas guzzler...</p>
<p>They wouldn't tow your car or anything for keeping it at UTC?</p>
<p>Er, usually the parking lots at UTC, and most shopping places for that matter, are technically for shoppers only. I'm assuming they'd tow if they noticed the car there overnight repeatedly.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>the UTC mall is the only place where students are actually allowed to park. I think UCSD and the mall have some sort of an agreement because my friend, who currently goes to ucsd (a transfer) told me that during his orientation they told the other transfers that parking at UTC mall is one of the options you can do. After you park at UTC you take the UCSD shuttle bus not the public bus.</p>
<p>But the only catch is that you have to manage your time because it takes him about 30 min to get to campus from the bus (depends where your class is located)</p>