Ah, college. It could be worse - I went to a school that served a fairly rural area, and every year we got freshmen from the country who had never seen one-way streets. Which was a problem in a college town that had a lot of them. Traffic related hilarity inevitably ensued.

First month of every year, I stayed the hell away from the roads. And it taught me a valuable lesson - check both ways before crossing, even if it's a one-way street.

Basically, September is a cluster**** in any college town, only thing to do is either A) pick another route for a while, or B) grin and bear it.