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ChineseTransit Oriented Baseball in San Francisco
Via a comment on Streetsblog LA’s recent post about bike parking at Dodger Stadium I found this awesome Streetsfilm about free valet bike parking at the AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants:
I was shocked to find out that over half the people who attend Giants games get there without a car. I bet under 1% of Dodgers fans get to games without a car. The AT&T Park’s website lists public transit directions before car directions in the Getting To The Park section. The Dodgers website, on the other hand, has its own special mini-site dedicated to parking with FAQ’s, safety tips, traffic info, and other such crap that would be irrelevant if they made it easier to get to the stadium without a car. Pathetic.I wonder what kind of overall cost savings (internal and external) the ballpark and stadium sees by having more that half the people attend games without a car.
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I am also amazed at how well the integration between transit and the ballpark is. When you are going to the game, Muni sets up extra tables to sell round trip Muni tickets at Embarcadero Station (which is a transfer point with BART) specifically for AT&T Park events. Then, along the platform are employees with megaphones giving specific directions on which train will serve the Giants game (since the N-Judah and T-Third both serve AT&T Park) and where exactly to stand on the platform.
After the game, in case you forgot to buy your round trip ticket, they convert Will Call into Muni ticket sales. Since Muni light rail is POP, they have fare checkers at both ends of the platform to make sure you have purchased your fare. They also have dedicated short run AT&T Park trains that just wait at the station and fill in the gaps between the N and T trains.
Additionally, many people also walk to BART from AT&T Park, which is about a 15 minute walk. Powell Station is the closest BART to the stadium.
For A’s games, BART has been sponsoring “Double Play Wednesdays” for $2 tickets and $1 hot dogs. I believe you show your BART ticket on game days for the discount. During the game, they ask everyone to show their BART ticket, and I’d say a good 50% of the fans showed their fare card. Coliseum BART is very convenient for both the Coliseum and Oracle Arena where the Warriors play.
this is truly amazing. i’ve sadly never been to AT&T park but this only gives me more reason to check it out. damnit LA, you might be able to whoop up on the cellar dweller giants this year, but deep down, they’ll always be winning until dodger stadium starts thinking a bit like their rivals to the north.
and in san diego: “According to the MTS, 173,340 people used its services to go to Chargers games at Qualcomm Stadium, accounting for 24 percent of attendance. About 14 percent of Padres fans, 347,922, used the bus or trolley to reach Petco Park.” and there are tons of padres fans living downtown next to the ballpark, which probably accounts for another percentage of non-car folk getting to the games.
This is the way to do it - pit cities against each other, back and forth, one will want bike amenities that another has, so on and so forth.
It makes total sense to do something like this.
not sure where you are coming from. this obviously isn’t a competition. only a look into what is possible - something to strive for and, more importantly, demand. right?
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