! Parking choices can
By Josh Funk
Senior staff writer
When the Huskers come to play,
the traffic comes to watch and con
gestion results.
But football fans can avoid the
honking headaches with smart park
ing at home games this. fall.
The university and the city rec
ommend parking in satellite lots with
shuttle service to the stadium.
Parking in these outlying lots alle
viates congestion downtown and can
save time getting to and leaving the
stadium, Lincoln police said.
For students with university park
ing permits, the best plan may be to
stay put, Athletic Department Events
Coordinator Butch Hug said.
“If you ’re a student with a parking
spot close to campus, don’t ever
move,” Hug said.
For those fans without UNL per
mits, parking may be a greater chal
lenge.
All campus parking lots require
fees or permits, and all of the lots sur
rounding the stadium are reserved for
boosters, Parking Services Manager
Tad McDowell said.
Also, Stadium Drive is closed on
'game days.
Gameday pay lots are located on
'the north and southeast perimeter of
city campus, and include the lots at
-.the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Police warn that Nebraska State
Fair traffic could interfere with game
•traffic on the north side of campus.
So the best answer for fans may
ibe the city lots around town with
curbside shuttle service to the stadi
um. *
Shuttle service runs every 15
minutes starting two hours before 1<
game time, and resumes at the start of
the fourth quarter. S
, Outlying shuttle rides cost $2
each way, and downtown shuttles cost
$1 each way. w , . . 8
: ; , Downtown parking is available at:
■ City-county employee parking I
Gameday
causes new
road rules
TRAFFIC from page 1_A
Street onto 10“ Street
; As usual, Q Street will be a west
bound one-way street before the game.
After the game, however; it will be used
as an eastbound one-way street to pro
vide easier access to 10th Street
As with past game days, the stretch
of 14th Street north of Vine will be a
northbound one-way street
The pregame traffic changes will
, go into effect at 1 p.m., two hours
’ before game time. Postgame traffic
‘ changes will be in effect for about 45
minutes after the game.
The gameday traffic plans come in
the midst of the ongoing conversion of
P Street into a two-way street, part of
the Market Place and P Street
' Conversion Projects carried out by the
Downtown Lincoln Association to pro
mote business investment in die down
' town area.
Even after die pavement cools from
. gameday traffic, street grief may
^remain.
* Lincoln to a more traditional downtown
street has annoyed drivers caught in
traffic jams.
In place of three lanes to handle
traffic turning east from Ninth Street,
the stretch of P Street between Ninth
and 11* streets now has one lane travel
; ing in each direction and a center turn
lane. The reduced traffic flow capacity
has led to the bottlenecks.
Lincoln city officials have encour
aged motorists to drive three blocks far
ther south and use M Street as a con-1
nection between Ninth and 17th streets, v
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Parking is Precious
Parking around the stadium will be
reserved for boosters only for
Saturday’s football game. Student
permit holders can remain in their -u H
assigned lots. Lots at the perimeter °l —
of campus can be used for a fee. i—i y [/
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lot, 10th and H streets.
■ State Office Building, 14th
Street between L and M streets.
Outlying parking is available at:
■ Southeast Community College,
88 th and O streets.
■ Holmes Lake, 70th and Van
Dorn streets.
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■ Sam’s Club, 27tb and Superior
streets.
■ Gateway Mall, 61st and O
streets.
■ State Department of Roads,
14th and Burnham streets. >
■ Super Kmart, 27th Street and
Cornhusker Highway.
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