Texas A&M Transportation Institute (with TAMU Transportation Services, City of College Station, City of Bryan, BCS Chamber of Commerce, Convention and Visitors Bureau, Downtown Bryan Association, TAMU Athletics, 12th Man Foundation,

TxDOT, Safety and Law Enforcement Agencies)

• Chancellor Goal: Improve game weekend • Ability to handle crowds 25% to 30% larger • Clear congested area in 2 hours

– Give “leavers” a route out of town; return to normal peak operation as soon as possible

• Better and more timely information (and static maps and lists if no bandwidth connection)

• Increase awareness of BCS dining, hotel and entertainment options

What Have We Accomplished?

• Traffic and bus routing changes • Better signalization and contraflow lanes • Safer pedestrian paths • Shuttle bus routes • Pre-pay parking; more efficient entry • Smartphone app

Key Message: Know Your Options!

Transportation Plan Elements

Plan Ahead And We Can Get You

There! Already paid?

Probably use Bush Looking for parking

on gameday? Probably use Stotzer

Pre-Sale

Gameday

Consider Active Pedestrian Areas Park so that you can get where are you

going after the game

What Will We See in 2014?

Contraflow • Wellborn • Discovery Parking exits Signal timing Shuttle buses

• Added lanes on Wellborn Rd – Also improves West Campus Garage and South of Kyle traffic

• Using every second of green time, every bus and every square foot of pavement to greatest effect – Address bottlenecks to improve car & bus routes – More green time for outbound traffic – Some turns not allowed

Blue – pedestrians; Green – cars; Pink – off-peak traffic

Yellow – buses

Exit Corridor Plans

West Campus Exit Paths

West Campus Garage Area

• Real time traffic • Real time parking • Shuttle bus service • Parking cost information, pay

through app • Game weekend in BCS – Dining,

Activities, Hotels, Tickets • App will evolve in 2015 • Connected to: gameday.12thman.com

Bandwidth?

From parking and shuttle bus information to dining options, the official

Destination Aggieland app is the smartest distance

between you and gameday fun.

gameday.12thMan.com

DOWNLOAD THE APP NOW!

• Pedestrian Safety is Job #1 • Less Congestion is Job #1A • “Know your options” – Websites, smartphone

app and mailings (plan ahead!) • Return to normal operation soon • Improve the game weekend experience • Monitor and evolve during season

“We can’t be better if we do the same” Tim Lomax, TTI gamedaytraffic@tamu.edu

Summary