Free Shuttle Service Offered for #2 Oregon, Arizona Game Thursday Night
All fares will be waived for Duck Express riders attending the game, with kickoff for the Ducks only regular-season weekday home game of the year set for 7:36 p.m.
(EUGENE, Ore. ) — The University of Oregon, in partnership with the Lane Transit District as well as neighboring businesses and organizations, has worked collaboratively to minimize inconveniences that may arise from the unconventional day of Thursday night’s Oregon vs Arizona football game in Autzen Stadium.
As a result, all fares will be waived for Duck Express riders attending the game, with kickoff for the Ducks’ only regular-season weekday home game of the year set for 7:36 p.m.
Representatives have been meeting to address the unique challenges for businesses and residents surrounding the Autzen Stadium area, including traffic flow on Martin Luther King Blvd., and transporting spectators to and from the game.
SHUTTLE SERVICES:
Game attendees may need to alter park-and-ride plans due to adjustments in staging locations.
Because of weekday commitments, LTD will be unable to provide the typical number of buses or park-and-ride locations to transport spectators to and from the game. To compensate for the alterations, Starline Luxury Coaches has been contracted to help coordinate the strategic plan, including the utilization of buses from regional bus companies that will provide the 80 buses required to maintain the sports shuttles to and from Autzen Stadium. LTD is assisting with the on-site logistics of service provided by the alternative carriers.
The number of sites that will serve as pick-up and drop-off locations for the sports shuttles will be reduced from eight to five for the Thursday night game to avoid interruption of LTD’s regular service within the Eugene-Springfield area, however more buses will be available per location than for Oregon’s previous three home football games this season.
Those regular park-and-ride locations available for the Oct. 2 contest are the Eugene Fairgrounds, Symantec, Valley River Center, and Willamette between 10th and 11th Ave. The park-and-ride locations that will not be in use for Thursday night’s game are South Eugene and Thurston High School (due to school in session), as well as the LTD River Road and Springfield Station sites (to avoid interfering with regular LTD transportation schedules).
To compensate for the unavailability of the LTD Springfield Station location, a park-and-ride alternative at the Eugene Christian Fellowship on Game Farm Road will be added for Thursday night’s game only.
Shuttle service to Autzen Stadium will begin four hours prior to the 7:30 p.m. kickoff, while return trips to parking locations will be available at halftime and for one hour following the game’s conclusion.
Buses with chair lifts to accommodate handicapped riders will service all park-and-ride locations.
PARKING LOT ACCESS:
The Autzen Stadium parking lots will operate on regular schedules, opening four hours prior to kickoff (or 3:30 p.m.).
Private parking lots immediately surrounding Autzen Stadium also will be operating on their normal schedules.
The Eugene Police Department and partnering agencies are expected to convert the traffic flow on Martin Luther King Blvd. and surrounding Autzen Stadium area to regular game-day operations no later than 3:30 p.m., with idle vehicles along MLK Blvd. awaiting the opening of parking lots prohibited.
Source: goducks.com
