First big game of the year. Anyone have any game day traffic critiques/bitching they want to put out there? I found it very confusing that 90 minutes after the game ended there weren't any law enforcement directing traffic flow on Hwy 12 going west leaving campus. Can't speak to if it was done sooner. But traffic was still heavy enough that flow shouldn't have been dependent upon traffic lights. Took 45 minutes to get from parking spot (by DG house) to South Montgomery.
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I normally
get on old 82 then hit the bypass onto 82 then 25, to Jackson and never have trouble. However, last night we were staying in Columbus and I was new to this route (after a game).
So, we pull on old 82, go underneath the Hwy 12 bridge, then hit a deadstop. I'm thinking "oh the MHP has it stopped at the light on the north side campus exit/research park and is going back & forth, giving each lane a turn."
Negative.
He had us stopped and let every. single. car. exit campus before letting ANYONE on the highway go. Then, when he did (out of the 100 cars at a dead stop on old 82), he let like 5 cars go, then he stopped us aGAIN for another 30 mins.
Im not sure which Einstein came up with that traffic plan, but it sucked.
get on old 82 then hit the bypass onto 82 then 25, to Jackson and never have trouble. However, last night we were staying in Columbus and I was new to this route (after a game).
So, we pull on old 82, go underneath the Hwy 12 bridge, then hit a deadstop. I'm thinking "oh the MHP has it stopped at the light on the north side campus exit/research park and is going back & forth, giving each lane a turn."
Negative.
He had us stopped and let every. single. car. exit campus before letting ANYONE on the highway go. Then, when he did (out of the 100 cars at a dead stop on old 82), he let like 5 cars go, then he stopped us aGAIN for another 30 mins.
Im not sure which Einstein came up with that traffic plan, but it sucked.
There was a lot of traffic on old 82 but...
we parked in the district hit nash street-college view- hwy 12 and had no issues but passed over old 82 and it was a cluster.
we parked in the district hit nash street-college view- hwy 12 and had no issues but passed over old 82 and it was a cluster.
because it was a cluster. I don't know who made the call, but someone told MHP to let everyone off campus exits before letting other roads go.
Long story short, don't get on Old 82 after big games.
Evacuations: Leave before everybody else decides to leave, or ...
leave with the stragglers.
The Industrial Engineering dept. ought to define the post-game traffic flow (in cooperation with the LEOs of course)
Does anyone know if the campus, city, & county program the traffic lights to a "post-game" schedule to help the traffic outflow?
leave with the stragglers.
The Industrial Engineering dept. ought to define the post-game traffic flow (in cooperation with the LEOs of course)
Does anyone know if the campus, city, & county program the traffic lights to a "post-game" schedule to help the traffic outflow?
Parked near the Guyton Properties, went west to Jackson Street (389) and then north to hwy 82. Only took 15 minutes. Jackson Street was literally unused and has been almost every season since I was in college.
Leaving the public lots by the band hall and they wouldn't let us go left to go back toward Blackjack road, the way I came in. I went up in front of Herbert and played dumb and took a left like I was not supposed too and came out headed straight toward Band hall in front of Health center. They had to let me through then. They had no one watching the turn. That crazy not letting anyone go left back toward Blackjack if that's how they came in. That pushes you so far away from where you came in its ridiculous.
I parked in Bully Grass and stayed in the stadium until after the band played the Battle Hymn Choral to give you an idea how long after the clock hit 0:00 before I made it back to my vehicle. I took a left out of BG then a right onto Stone Blvd followed by a left off campus onto Blackjack and was turning into my driveway when they started interviewing Mullen in the locker room. Blackjack heading toward Starkville was bumper to bumper from Stone to The Point/Campus Trails entrance just like it is everyday from 4pm to 6pm.
I got off campus in 5 minutes
There is a small spot on the west side of the stadium I've been parking for 20 years. Easy in and easy out. You get right on the bypass and don't even mess with game day traffic.
There is a 5 minute walk involved. That beats an hour in traffic.
There is a small spot on the west side of the stadium I've been parking for 20 years. Easy in and easy out. You get right on the bypass and don't even mess with game day traffic.
There is a 5 minute walk involved. That beats an hour in traffic.
We have some of the best engineering students and graduates in the country. There has got to be someone on campus who could work out the post-game traffic plan. As long as the team keeps getting better the need will increase. Better to get it solved now than when the campus becomes a parking lot in the future.
For some reason they were not allowing cars to travel east on old HWY 82. It looked like the patrolman Justin wasn't doing a good job of allowing that traffic thru. Not sure if it was intentional or stupidity..........does anyone have access to the poster game traffic map? I can't find it
I came to the conclussion
that someone told them (mhp) to let ALL traffic off campus prior to letting it move on old 82, which is terribly dumb.
that someone told them (mhp) to let ALL traffic off campus prior to letting it move on old 82, which is terribly dumb.
Agree - almost punishment for taking Old 82 instead of going on to the bi-pass. But this stupid, there a lot of people that live in that area and weren't going East to Columbus. I do plan on finding out this week
One problem is that not everybody in the same parking lot want to go to the same place. Some want to head east toward Columbus, some south, etc. And we all want to take the shortest route possible. Given the hodgepodge of streets on campus, I'm not sure there's a magic solution.
The situation is complicated by the streets being very dark (really insufficient lighting) and people tending to walk down the middle of the street and walking right in front of cars. You have to just inch along to avoid hitting someone.
The situation is complicated by the streets being very dark (really insufficient lighting) and people tending to walk down the middle of the street and walking right in front of cars. You have to just inch along to avoid hitting someone.
Postgame Traffic Egress Plan with link
In case you haven't seen this yet, it appears that the University has attempted to define post-game traffic flows with maps showing the priority given for the directional traffic at the intersections shown. I'm not sure if this is what actually happened after the game but looks some effort went into creating a 2017 Football Postgame Traffic Egress plan.
Link: http://hailstate.com/documents/2017/8/18//2017_FB_Game_Traffic_Egress.pdf?id=8536
In case you haven't seen this yet, it appears that the University has attempted to define post-game traffic flows with maps showing the priority given for the directional traffic at the intersections shown. I'm not sure if this is what actually happened after the game but looks some effort went into creating a 2017 Football Postgame Traffic Egress plan.
Link: http://hailstate.com/documents/2017/8/18//2017_FB_Game_Traffic_Egress.pdf?id=8536
This was the best it's been for me in years, after a big late night game (from lot 36). I'd guess we were sitting in traffic for 20-30 minutes max. I'm used to it taking 45 minutes to 1 hour.
I did notice they were routing some traffic in directions I've never seen before, and also noticed some charter buses totally 17'n up everything. No clue who they were for, but they were obviously lost and jamming things up around the sanderson center.
I did notice they were routing some traffic in directions I've never seen before, and also noticed some charter buses totally 17'n up everything. No clue who they were for, but they were obviously lost and jamming things up around the sanderson center.
There was a chokepoint further down the road that was killing everything.
I'm fairly certain it was students refusing to adjust for the blocking of Old Mayhew\Saint Andrews. Once we cleared that, it was smooth sailing on 82.
Now, that being said, it took way, way too long for things to clear out, and I watched our hired security people pick up the cones and leave at 10:04, while thousands of cars were still waiting to go. The result was angry drivers running stop signs at the intersection of Bailey Howell and George Perry. We had to force our way onto George Perry.
I'm fairly certain it was students refusing to adjust for the blocking of Old Mayhew\Saint Andrews. Once we cleared that, it was smooth sailing on 82.
Now, that being said, it took way, way too long for things to clear out, and I watched our hired security people pick up the cones and leave at 10:04, while thousands of cars were still waiting to go. The result was angry drivers running stop signs at the intersection of Bailey Howell and George Perry. We had to force our way onto George Perry.
We've parked in Lot 25, between Lee and McCain, for 10+ years....
....it is unquestionable through personal experience that the quickest way to get us out is straight out Lee Blvd past Campus Book Mart to the Highway Patrol station and 182 East. The published post-game traffic egress plan shows us exiting down Lee Blvd past Campus Book Mart to the Highway Patrol station and 182 East.
What happened instead?
The police made us turn left onto Coliseum Blvd despite our objections and we sat for 20 minutes in a string of cars waiting to get out the north entrance.
....it is unquestionable through personal experience that the quickest way to get us out is straight out Lee Blvd past Campus Book Mart to the Highway Patrol station and 182 East. The published post-game traffic egress plan shows us exiting down Lee Blvd past Campus Book Mart to the Highway Patrol station and 182 East.
What happened instead?
The police made us turn left onto Coliseum Blvd despite our objections and we sat for 20 minutes in a string of cars waiting to get out the north entrance.
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