I love commuting, the only thing I don't like is the parking. I notice that some of the residents park in the first few rows by the RAC. This causes many commuters to have to park in the back lot by the baseball fields. I know our Campus isn't as big as many universities, but in the cold weather, we don't want to walk further than we have to. Many of the cars parked by the RAC building have been in the same spot for the last couple of weeks. I know there's not a lot of residential parking, but most residents don't have to leave every single day so I think if they have another place to park to open up two rows for commuters it will make things easier for commuters looking for a spot.

As a CEL student, I drove to attend classes at the main campus, the Specs campus and the MACA campus. Leaving work from midtown Detroit at the peak of afternoon rush hour didn't make things easy to make it to Rochester or Clinton Township (the commute to Southfield was relatively modest). Having options to attend at multiple satellite campuses helped to accelerate my academic progress, though there were days that the commute was completely horrendous, and I spent the better part of 90 minutes on bottlenecked freeways or even city roads. In the end, of course (I graduated!) so it was all worth it. Fortunately, on my first day of each class I would explain my situation to the professor, and everyone was understanding and accommodating. Hopefully, regional leaders in Southeast Michigan will work on improving public transportation services, whether via SMART buses or other options for Metro Detroit's suburbs. This can only expand transportation options for commuter students and even residential students who do not have a vehicle. (side note- the campus entrance furthest to the west could use a stoplight.)