re: WBRZ Gameday Traffic Story for those who are Interested.

I wish they would have put a sign up somewhere along river road saying the levee lots were closed


People sat in the traffic for 2 hours only to be turned away


I parked in someone's yard for 10 bucks just so I could be done with it

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Exactly what i have been saying. No more free parking on campus!!!!! Get a pass. It will help the traffic problems.

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The day they start charging for passes everywhere on campus is the day you get your wish. Until then, I park in Kirby Smith for free, and if you get there early enough, it's never a problem (even with the field now gone as an option).

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Yeah it is.
I mean who doesn't want to ride a bike with their wife and 2 kids and an ice chest and platter of boudin balls?
If the few people that live close to campus and have tickets and don't have any restrictions to ride bikes (kids, food, drinks, tents, etc) actually rode their bikes, it would make zero difference in the parking situation when those 50 people or so rode their bikes.

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I agree. It works for me, so I ride. FWIW, i've ridden my bike with the little kid cart in tow behind me. My son rode in there with some food and drinks. But that isn't for everyone.

the stadium has increased in capacity by nearly 50% and it seems like parking has been reduced by nearly that amount over the last 15 years or so...

combine the reduction in mass transit options and the increase in tailgating and you have a recipie for exactly what happened on Saturday

BREAK BREAK

Dunson, do you still have my e-mail, need to talk to you?

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The day they start charging for passes everywhere on campus is the day you get your wish. Until then, I park in Kirby Smith for free, and if you get there early enough, it's never a problem (even with the field now gone as an option).

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A few years back I probably would have bitched but now I would gladly pay $100.00 for a season pass for what is now free parking.

To get a spot in Kirby Smith you basically have to be there 5 or so hours before a 6pm or 7pm kickoff. Probably not so long for the 2:30 game because not many out of towners are going to leave before 7am to make a drive to Baton Rouge.

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How about you stop posting about the good tailgating and parking spots on here?

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It doesn't matter anymore good parking at Kirby Smith has come to end especially with the new dorm construction.

And if you know what you are doing its a minimal drive to the interstate from that end of campus.

Maybe an AM channel - like the Causeway uses - would be able to update people in realtime about the parking at given lots and direct them to the ones not filled. Or even use the KLSU station. Given so many with smartphones how about a Twitter feed or FaceBook page that can be updated in real time.

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Vermillion Tiger

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Don't be mad bc you're poor and have to try and steal someone else's a seat bc your sucks.
Stay in college kid.
You can only go in a upward direction.

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Maybe an AM channel - like the Causeway uses - would be able to update people in realtime about the parking at given lots and direct them to the ones not filled. Or even use the KLSU station. Given so many with smartphones how about a Twitter feed or FaceBook page that can be updated in real time.

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Problem is you're relying on the idiot cops and parking people to relay what they are seeing for this to work.
if the helicopters that ride around all day were giving info, then that would be more helpful.
regardless, sounds like a great idea.

As others have said, LSU has increased seating capacity while reducing parking spots. Couple that with the fact that there are THOUSANDS on campus who have zero inclination of going to the game and are simply there to tailgate, and you start to get a bigger mess.

Personally, I park downtown and take the CATS bus in. It is by no means quick, as the people running the transit are complete idiots (if anyone has ridden the bus this year they can attest to the level of incompetency of the CATS personnel), but I can generally get to the stadium within 1.5 hours from home in BR (could be A LOT less if the morons running it had even a glimmer of common sense, but I digress). After the game Sat., and yes I was one of those weirdos who stayed until the end, it took us 25 minutes to get from my seat to downtown.

However, IMO, the biggest part of the problem is the amount of picnicers (that's what I call those who have no tickets to the game, but just want to come out and have a picnic on campus). Personally, I have no problem with them being out there, but there should be priorty free-parking for the folks that have tickets to the game. If you don't have a ticket, fine, but you're going to park as far away from the stadium as possible. I know it may not be a popular sentiment, but all the "picnicers" are doing is causing more gridlock, while contributing nothing financially to LSU (i.e. by purchasing a ticket) with there presense out there.

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I will confirm with my personal anecdote that this year for the first time I personally have dropped off a vehicle the night before and/or arrived at 7 am to secure a spot.

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Wow, someone who incurs a problem and develops his own method to adapt and overcome the problem.

What a refreshing approach.