The RBC Center and Carolina Hurricanes will test a new traffic pattern for vehicles entering from Edwards Mill Road prior to Canes games. The new ingress, or entrance, pattern will begin Saturday, Dec. 27.
“On Saturday, December 27, we will set up and implement three ingress lanes around the RBC Center loop road to the West 5000 Lot at approximately 6:00 p.m., until the West Lot fills,” Mike Alexander, the team's parking and traffic manager, said in a prepared statement. “We have worked hard this year to improve the traffic flow for our games, including the addition of a second left-turn lane from the intersection of Edwards Mill Road onto Trinity Road.”
The experiment will continue at the Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 hockey games. The plan will then be re-evaluated.
Comments
discounted passes available to season ticket holders
Wed, 12/17/2008 - 14:41 — gercohen"Once the parking passes are more available then the purchase of the passes should be encouraged by offereing a discount for prepaying. The more vehicles that can be supplied with prepaid parking passes the faster the traffic will flow into the facility."
In fact, season ticket holders can buy a book of general parking passes to every game. When parking was $8, they cost $7. When general parking wnet up to $10, season ticket holders could still buy the book for $7 per game. I believe lots more people bought the pass book this year then in past years as it was a 30% discount rather than 12.5%
True but...
Wed, 12/17/2008 - 17:08 — rmmeliTrue but you still have to wait in line with all the cars paying their money on the day. Doesn't help the traffic flow.
Meet the new plan, just as
Wed, 12/17/2008 - 14:34 — amccarthMeet the new plan, just as bad as the old plan.
Can someone please get esteban off whatever mind altering substances he is on so that we can actually have coherent messages on this site.
No amccarth
Wed, 12/17/2008 - 18:33 — esteban1949I am NOT nor have i been on mind altering drugs had a drink in over 45 years now...and if you think i am a pain,or a total as***le...you should have been in my old neighborhood back when i sobered up...and the only reason i even said anything in the 2 times i have had to go ( kicking and screaming ) to the RBC just too drop someone off...it was a pain in the seat then...and i stand by my point that the chuckleheads who sit on the porciline throne at city & county planning departments need to quit honey dipping and look at the parking problem when the plans were first drawn up and not keep on changing things like they change their minds and diry socks when they think of it...and the hassles yall got there...would never have happened in the first place...but seein i don't live, eat or sleep there...i really could care lss if it ever gets to be " user friendly"...soo for me...It's a non issue...anymore...
Merry Christmas...:) Honest ! I am NOT a total As***le,as some would think...but Politically Correct i am not as that is for milk toast public officials and ivy league grads who grow up and become wall street bankers and other kinds of crooks...
Go Canes !!
Parking Problem
Wed, 12/17/2008 - 14:14 — maddertionNo matter how many lanes are available for inbound traffic all traffic stops, and backs up, at the parking lot cashiers. Providing better access to prepaid parking passes would allow the traffic to flow past the cashiers. The ability to buy and print parking passes online should be explored. Parking passes for future games should be made available at a parking pass kiosk or at the box office. Persons who buy game tickets at the box office should be able to buy a parking pass right then. Once the parking passes are more available then the purchase of the passes should be encouraged by offereing a discount for prepaying. The more vehicles that can be supplied with prepaid parking passes the faster the traffic will flow into the facility.
Purchasing Parking Passes
Wed, 12/17/2008 - 16:42 — sfhcanesfanYou make some very valid comments. I know several suggestions have been made and the RBC staff is doing a good job trying to implement them.
You can actually purchase prepaid parking passes at the RBC box office. Unfortunately, there is no discount but you can charge them when you buy your tickets. At times the agents get confused about them, but they are available.
Really Truely ???
Wed, 12/17/2008 - 11:59 — esteban1949i really don't care if they use the parking lot for and the ways in to the lot. The City & RBC could turn it intogiant homeless shelter for the rejected people who can't get a green card but can get a taxi cab license to try and eek out a living ...gee only in America huh ? Will Stormy be the RBC top Traffic control Cop ??
But i will say this..Sorry if i sound negitive and etc...but to be honest...if the bulders and planners of the RBC and the city traffic engineer dept. really thought enough of the fans & patrons of the RBC...they would have already thought of this instead of trying to make themselves look better...Good luck to all of you who go there for what ever the reason...