Transportation and Parking Services (TPS) has made enhancements for the fall semester to increase access to parking and make it easier for students, faculty, staff and visitors to navigate campus. Changes include over 1,800 new parking spaces, new bus routes and route names, and expanded bus service to park-and-ride lots.
Parking enhancements
A new parking deck, known as West Campus Parking Deck II (Lot W18), is adding nearly 1,100 parking spaces to campus. The parking deck sits next to West Campus Deck (Lot W09) near Brumby Hall. West Campus Parking Deck II will primarily serve students living in nearby Brumby Hall, Russell Hall, Creswell Hall, Black-Diallo-Miller Hall and other residence halls.
College Station Park-and-Ride (Lot E23) has grown by nearly 650 spaces. UGA campus members will benefit from increased bus service to both park-and-ride lots — College Station Park-and-Ride (Lot E23) and East Side Park-and-Ride (Lot 26) — this fall.
The parking lot adjacent to Joe Frank Harris Commons near the Ramsey Student Center (Lot E09) has added 70 spaces for fall.
Transit enhancements
New weekday and night bus routes will take effect Aug. 11. TPS and Student Government Association (SGA) leaders proposed the new routes to increase access to campus and improve efficiency. TPS solicited input from the public on the proposed changes between June 6-22 and incorporated the suggestions provided to further improve the new routes.
Passengers can expect to benefit from enhanced service to core campus destinations and to park-and-ride lots around the periphery of campus. For the first time, TPS will offer night service on select routes after football games with a 4 p.m. or earlier start time.
The new routes also will increase access to regional transportation networks and better match bus capacity with route volume.
The only bus stop eliminated was the stop at Clarke Central High School, based on lack of usage.
New route names have been created to match the new bus routes and increase naming consistency throughout the UGA transit system.
SGA President John Neely commented, “TPS has gone out of its way to listen to the student perspective to make the routes as simple and effective as possible. As UGA continues to grow and traffic patterns change, TPS is always willing to adapt accordingly. TPS has ensured that the student voice is kept in the loop as it works to resolve such a complex issue.”
More information about the new bus routes and route names can be found here.