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Our regular reminder of where faculty and staff fit into the food chain arrived this morning, in the form of the appended notice that we need to stay the heck away during football. Not their words but the message is clear enough. This means our grad students who have parking passes here will shortly get a notice to ensure they move their vehicles on game days else be towed to make room for tailgaters. (Leadership to students: We’d love for you to do research on how to cure cancer or solve world hunger, but only if it doesn’t interfere with a bitchin’ party.)

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:45:50 -0400 (EDT)
To: “Campus Community”:;
Subject: 2010 Football Parking and Quickbus Information

August 31, 2010

Dear Campus Community:

Welcome to the 2010-2011 school year! Periodically throughout the fall semester, the University of Maryland football team will play at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium, which will result in parking modifications. This year, six Saturday home games are scheduled. The first home game against Morgan State will be held on Saturday, September 11th at 6 p.m.

If you are planning to travel to campus during these event days, please consider using Quick Bus to avoid the traffic congestion. You can take the Quick Bus from the College Park Metro Station to Lot Q, which is very near Byrd Stadium. It runs every 20 minutes three hours prior to kick-off and every 10 minutes two hours prior to kick-off from the College Park Metro station to Lot Q. Quick Bus also runs back to the College Park Metro Station from Lot Q for one hour after the game.

Quick Bus is also available from lots 4, 9, and 11 and Mowatt Lane Garage to Lot Q on a more limited schedule.

Please refer to the following specific instructions for game day parking:

Academic Commitments – UMCP Faculty/staff and students with classes or other documented academic commitments on this day, who do not possess a campus permit or parking registration, may call the Department of Transportation Services at (301) 314-PARK to make arrangements.

The Department of Transportation Services will provide those UMCP faculty/staff and students with classes or other documented academic commitments on game day Saturdays, who do not possess a campus permit or parking registration, a one-day, temporary surface lot permit for Regents Drive Garage valid on game day Saturdays only.

Permits will be available at the Department of Transportation Services located in Regents Drive Garage. Office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:15 a.m. – 4 p.m. Documentation will be required and includes a UID, a printed schedule of classes or a letter from an academic advisor or professor. Documentation must be presented to staff at the main lobby desk. All are encouraged to secure the permit as early as possible. Students should check with professors to determine if arrangements have already been made.

Faculty/Staff Permit Holders – With some exceptions, faculty/staff permit holders on campus for any academic commitments WILL have full access to their assigned parking areas. Any faculty/staff permit holder having difficulty accessing their assigned areas may call (301) 314-7262 for immediate assistance.

Lot C, FF, JJ, MM, Q, SD*, and Z permit holders will receive e-mail notifications with specific instructions for game day parking.

Resident Student Parking Registrants – Resident student parking registrants including resident lots 2, 4, 6, 11, and 19 WILL have full access to their assigned lots on game days. Resident student parking registrants are NOT required to move their vehicle for any reason prior to or during the game.

Commuter Student Parking Registrants – Commuter student parking registrants including commuter lots 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, and SDG will be directed to Regents Drive Garage, Mowatt Lane Garage, or Terrapin Trail Garage on game days. Access to Lot 1 will be restricted after 6 p.m., the Friday evening before each game. Access to lots 4, 6, 9, 11
and SDG will be restricted after midnight the Friday evening before each game. Any vehicles remaining in these areas after midnight, the Friday evening before each game, are subject to ticketing and relocation. Commuter student parking registrants are expected to utilize free parking either at Regents Drive Garage (RDG), Mowatt
Lane Garage (MLG), or Terrapin Trail Garage (TTG) on game days. Parking for student registrants in Regents Drive Garage will be limited to Lot 5 on the roof of the garage.

Campus Permit Holders or Registrants Attending the Game – As always, any Faculty/Staff campus permit holder or Student parking registrant attending the game may park free of charge at Regents Drive Garage. Parking for student registrants in Regents Drive Garage will be limited to Lot 5 on the roof of the garage. Space is limited.
The overflow areas will be Mowatt Lane Garage (MLG) or Terrapin Trail Garage (TTG). Campus permit holders/parking registrants attending the game are expected to utilize these free areas.

Parking for those Without a Permit or Registration – The largest unaffected/free campus areas on game days include lots C2, K, L, or any campus meter. Anyone may park for free at the College Park Metro station and take the shuttle.

Permit holders who are planning to visit the campus on a Saturday should refer to the following home game schedule:

2010 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent/Event – Time
09/11/10 vs. Morgan State – 6:00 PM
09/25/10 vs. Florida International – TBA
10/02/10 vs. Duke – TBA
10/30/10 vs. Wake Forest (Homecoming) – TBA
11/20/10 vs. Florida State – TBA
11/27/10 vs. North Carolina State – TBA

If you require additional information or have questions, please feel free to call 314-PARK or visit our Web site at http://www.transportation.umd.edu. We appreciate your patience and cooperation.

Go Terps!

Sincerely,
Department of Transportation Services

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This note was authorized for distribution to
University of Maryland Community by:
Dr. Linda Clement, Vice President, Division of Student Affairs

It was a summer with most of the crew off to the four corners, but time to get revved up for a new semester. Well, almost. This morning’s traffic coming in to campus was nothing you would call revved up. Classic. And funny, we never missed it for being away since May. Only 20 minutes to get from the Route 1 construction across from McDonalds and into a parking place on campus. Great use of staff and faculty time there, folks!

Yeah, already counting down the days to Christmas break…