Waco Parking Information
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:05 amSince practically all close stadium parking, including on campus lots, have been reserved for season ticket holders here is some information about downtown Waco Parking. The SMU game will be the first College Game played at McLane Stadium and it is a sellout there will be chaos.
McLane Stadium Downtown Shuttle News/Changes (Waco Tribune Herald)
Waco (June 3, 2014) With kickoff at the new McLane Stadium less than 100 days away, transportation experts in Waco are ironing out the final details on a plan to shuttle fans to and from the game.
The Waco Transit Authority met Tuesday to discuss the shuttle schedule for the 2014-2015 year.
The goal is to transport nearly fans to the stadium in 10 minutes starting 2 hours prior to kickoff.
To do that, Waco Transit says it will use 6 to 10 buses, which seat 31 seated passengers and between 55 to 60 standing passengers, to pick up fan at Heritage Square in downtown Waco at the corner of 5th Street and Austin Avenue.
The bus will then travel to Franklin Avenue and across the bridge to Martin Luther King Drive.
Transit official are working with the police and street departments to create a bus only lane on MLK Drive.
Waco Transit says this should allow the buses to navigate the traffic easily in the area surrounding the stadium.
Without the special lane, officials say shuttle travel pre-game can take between 20 to 30 minutes.
Post-game can take up to 40 minutes.
Allen Hunter, assistant general manager for the Waco Transit System says, in prior years a second location, Vitek's Barbeque on Speight Avenue, help two-thirds of shuttle passengers.
This location, officials say, will not be a part of the new route.
However, the city is still willing to work with the owners of the restaurant to see if there is any way to work this location into the equation.
Hunter says, in the past, Vitek's contributed roughly $7,000 toward the shuttle service which is for now free for the public, but could change in the future as officials work out of the details of how city shuttle service to McLane Stadium will run.
Roughly 19,500 fans are expected to park downtown on game days.
Officials say that's a lot of pedestrian traffic and potential shuttle riders.
Extra staff and buses will be on stand-by on game day until all the kinks are worked out.
Officials say, only time and the experience of that first game will set the tone and expectations of what should follow.
They're asking fans to create their own game plan of how they will get to the stadium and exercise patience.
McLane Stadium Downtown Shuttle News/Changes (Waco Tribune Herald)
Waco (June 3, 2014) With kickoff at the new McLane Stadium less than 100 days away, transportation experts in Waco are ironing out the final details on a plan to shuttle fans to and from the game.
The Waco Transit Authority met Tuesday to discuss the shuttle schedule for the 2014-2015 year.
The goal is to transport nearly fans to the stadium in 10 minutes starting 2 hours prior to kickoff.
To do that, Waco Transit says it will use 6 to 10 buses, which seat 31 seated passengers and between 55 to 60 standing passengers, to pick up fan at Heritage Square in downtown Waco at the corner of 5th Street and Austin Avenue.
The bus will then travel to Franklin Avenue and across the bridge to Martin Luther King Drive.
Transit official are working with the police and street departments to create a bus only lane on MLK Drive.
Waco Transit says this should allow the buses to navigate the traffic easily in the area surrounding the stadium.
Without the special lane, officials say shuttle travel pre-game can take between 20 to 30 minutes.
Post-game can take up to 40 minutes.
Allen Hunter, assistant general manager for the Waco Transit System says, in prior years a second location, Vitek's Barbeque on Speight Avenue, help two-thirds of shuttle passengers.
This location, officials say, will not be a part of the new route.
However, the city is still willing to work with the owners of the restaurant to see if there is any way to work this location into the equation.
Hunter says, in the past, Vitek's contributed roughly $7,000 toward the shuttle service which is for now free for the public, but could change in the future as officials work out of the details of how city shuttle service to McLane Stadium will run.
Roughly 19,500 fans are expected to park downtown on game days.
Officials say that's a lot of pedestrian traffic and potential shuttle riders.
Extra staff and buses will be on stand-by on game day until all the kinks are worked out.
Officials say, only time and the experience of that first game will set the tone and expectations of what should follow.
They're asking fans to create their own game plan of how they will get to the stadium and exercise patience.
