They need to block off Ames roads around the stadium to prevent townie traffic from getting hear the stadium. It always amazes me to see people going towards the stadium on 13th and university.
Traffic Flow
- Thread starter geek4cy
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You would think they could put a couple cops there at Duff and 16th street and shut off the lights for 90 minutes after the game and just have the cops directing traffic and getting those people leaving the stadium out to highway 30.
Other towns figure it out, but its seems that the university and the city, are not working together enough, close a few streets if you have too, and get the people out and away from the stadium once the game has ended. Stop allowing people to walk over university to 16th to get to the GA lots would improve things a lot, moving along those on the street even faster. Build a pedestrian bridge there and put up some fencing to funnel the people over the bridge.
This was in the "Gameday Info" email from Athletics yesterday:
All parking lots will open at 8:30 a.m.
Please do not arrive expecting to stage at the entrance of the lots prior to their scheduled opening.Cars staged or parked near the entrance of each lot may be asked to move at any time in advance of the lots scheduled opening. Any vehicles entering the lots prior to the scheduled opening times may be subject to tow.
Learn more at cyclones.com/parking.
There is no map. They're just relying on the Iowa State Patrol and the ISU PD to direct the traffic flow. This is going to be one big cluster F. Another good idea with lackluster planning and detail. I'm afraid the execution of this idea is going to be a big fumble... maybe I'll be wrong tho.
I honestly don't think so - how can it be much worse than it has been the past couple years? Having police direct traffic at every exit should be pretty simple - if they only allow you to go one way, how could that be a cluster? Will most definitely piss some people off if they have to drive a couple blocks before being able to go their desired direction, but they'll get over it once they figure out it's faster in the end.
The largest cluster we see every game is that they allow people to walk across university right there at 16h street to get to Vet Med and the GA lots. Traffic just sit on university as people are walking to those lots, instead of fencing the area and either force them to the bridge, or build a pedestrian bridge right there and force them to go over the bridge. Stop allowing people from the GA lots to drive west down to university and force them to go east up to Grand or Duff. Do those two things, and they could cut the time in half of getting out and away from the stadium.
"All pedestrians crossing University must use the pedestrian bridge" with barricades along University that dont allow people to cross would take care of the issue. Barricade 16th from University to the first public lot entrance and force it west.
Is it a shitload of barricades? Yes. Could they be easily setup up during the game? Yes. Would it allow traffic movement from the highest parking concentration? Yes. Would it piss people south and east of the stadium off? Yes. **** 'em. Don't want to deal with it? Donate. All donor parking should get priority over any public parking.
Is it a shitload of barricades? Yes. Could they be easily setup up during the game? Yes. Would it allow traffic movement from the highest parking concentration? Yes. Would it piss people south and east of the stadium off? Yes. **** 'em. Don't want to deal with it? Donate. All donor parking should get priority over any public parking.
I was looking for a parking pass for a random game last year in C4 and was only seeing them for like $300... soooooo yeah.
We come down from MN and stay in a hotel. After the game we usually put on the post-game on the radio, set up a few chairs and have a couple of beers and let it clear out. Sometimes we will set up our TV and put a game on. Granted, we aren’tt going far, since we are staying town, but I’d rather sit outside than in traffic.
Seems like overkill but understandable. Even then use 3 with the 4th being only for ES.
Wonder how many will be in the stands today wearing their stupid shirts.
CMC provided the best traffic plan, beat the snot out of the opponents and people will leave before the game is over.
The lonely kid directing traffic and pedestrians at Center Drive and Beach Avenue was in over his head. It was a free for all.
That’s one of four main exits for the North parking lots.
That’s one of four main exits for the North parking lots.
Not staging people in the grass lots or letting them park early is the most absurd and stupid policy, especially for big games like Iowa. Who on God's green earth thinks it's a better idea to let traffic back up into a parking lot on city streets and eventually Hwy 30? Telling fans not to arrive before the lots open is even more dumb, you want 30,000 people arriving at the same time?
JFC.
JFC.
