A massive failure in US city planning is that stadiums don’t have bus and rail access.
Every major stadium should have a light rail station which exits right into the ticket booth. There’s literally no reason why these things can’t have huge public transport during major events. Anyone that’s tried to leave one of these events knows just what a PITA it is.
Where I live a local professional sports team is trying to build a new stadium because the current one is “difficult” to park at. This is based on feedback from fans and traffic studies during game days. So they want taxpayers to pay billions to build a new stadium with more parking garages. Instead of adding more buses and bus stops or light rail or any form of public transit to alleviate the problem at the current stadium, which is barely thirty years old.
The Diamondbacks stadium in Phoenix has this. Leaving the game by the light rail sucks though because it’s packed and everyone is trying to get on at the same time.
A massive failure in US city planning is that stadiums don’t have bus and rail access.
Every major stadium should have a light rail station which exits right into the ticket booth. There’s literally no reason why these things can’t have huge public transport during major events. Anyone that’s tried to leave one of these events knows just what a PITA it is.
Where I live a local professional sports team is trying to build a new stadium because the current one is “difficult” to park at. This is based on feedback from fans and traffic studies during game days. So they want taxpayers to pay billions to build a new stadium with more parking garages. Instead of adding more buses and bus stops or light rail or any form of public transit to alleviate the problem at the current stadium, which is barely thirty years old.
Or better yet, heavy rail (i.e. a proper subway, not just a streetcar).
The Diamondbacks stadium in Phoenix has this. Leaving the game by the light rail sucks though because it’s packed and everyone is trying to get on at the same time.
Now imagine if each one of those people was in their own vehicle trying to leave the stadium at the same time.
That train with 100 people crammed into it is easily saving people hours worth of waiting in the parking lot for their turn to leave.