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Commerce, Convention and Visitors Bureau, Downtown Bryan Association,

1 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, 12 th Man Foundation, TxDOT, Safety and Law Enforcement Agencies)

2 What Have We Accomplished? Ability to handle crowds 25% to 30% larger with about the same congestion as in 2013 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 Bryan-College Station dining, hotel and entertainment options

3 How Will That Happen? and bus routing changes Better signalization and contraflow lanes Safer pedestrian paths Shuttle bus routes Pre-pay parking and more efficient entry Smartphone app Key Message: Know Your Options!

4 Kyle Field Gameday: 4 th Largest Downtown in Texas Kyle Field Gameday 120,000+ attendees/workers 2 Freeways Downtown Austin 125,000 workers 4 Freeways Some Perspective Downtown Dallas 145,000 workers 6 Freeways Downtown Houston 150,000 workers 7 Freeways

5 Evaluation Plan Basics Results posted on Wednesdays Use generally available data & review comments Parking cars/rvs in each lot; number using each payment method Shuttle bus riders by route and hour Crashes and injuries congestion Bandwidth bars of service, location, time Staffing and resources used and deployment schedule

6 Parking and Shuttle Bus Use data collected by Transportation Services Parking Assume 12 th Man lots are full (95+% full in 2013) Automated counts at garages and some lots Ticket counts at other lots Number using each payment method (e.g., pre-sale, cash) Shuttle bus riders Hourly count for each route Pre-game and post-game Number of buses used

7 How Do We Know If It Worked? Source: Texas A&M Transportation Institute Analysis of Freese and Nichols Study Data Percent of the major streets in Bryan- College Station (both directions)

8 How Do We Know If It Worked? Source: TTI Analysis of Freese and Nichols Study Data Percent of the major streets in Bryan- College Station (both directions)

9 Crashes, Staffing, Resources Crashes and injuries use crash/injury reports Cell phone bandwidth Identify service by location and time Screen grab process; test during 1 st 2 games, expand as season goes if successful Set baseline for 2015 app design Staffing and resources Number and type of staff for transportation functions Barricades, cones, signs Hours worked, deployment schedule Compare to 2013

10 Congestion From the 2013 Alabama Game Colors show traffic speeds Green and yellow no problem Red slow and go Black stop and go Data like this will be used to evaluate 2014 traffic

11 Game ends at 6:30 pm

12 Stop-and-go traffic on FM 2818 & Holleman Dr. Congestion building on Wellborn (2154), University Dr. and Villa Maria Rd.

13 Stop-and-go traffic on FM 2818, Wellborn (2154), University & Holleman Dr. Congestion building on Bush and Villa Maria Rd.

14 Stop-and-go traffic on FM 2818, Holleman, Wellborn, Bush, University and Villa Maria Congestion building on Texas, S. College and N. Wellborn

15 Stop-and-go traffic on FM 2818, Holleman, Wellborn, Bush, University and Villa Maria Congestion building on Texas, S. College and N. Wellborn

16 Stop-and-go traffic on FM 2818, Holleman, Wellborn, Bush, University and Villa Maria Congestion building on N. Wellborn, Carson and E. 29 th Congestion declining on Texas, South College & Rock Prairie

17 Stop-and-go traffic on FM 2818, Holleman, Wellborn, Bush, University and Villa Maria Congestion building on E. 29 th Congestion declining on Texas, South College, N. Wellborn & Rock Prairie

18 Stop-and-go traffic on FM 2818, Wellborn, Holleman, Bush, University & E. 29th Congestion declining on Texas, Villa Maria, North Wellborn, South College & Rock Prairie Game ended at 6:30 pm

19 Stop-and-go traffic on FM 2818, Holleman, Wellborn, Bush, University & E. 29th Congestion (mostly) gone from Texas, Villa Maria, North Wellborn, South College & Rock Prairie

20 Holleman, Wellborn, Bush, University & Villa Maria still congested Congestion (mostly) gone from Texas, FM 2818, North Wellborn, South College & Rock Prairie

21 Stop-and-go traffic on University & Villa Maria Congestion (mostly) gone from Texas, FM 2818, Wellborn, South College & Rock Prairie

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TRANSPORTATION Policy Research CENTER Value of Travel Time Knowingly or not, people generally place economic value on their time. Wage workers are paid a rate per hour, and service providers may charge