Rays Release Parking, Traffic Study In Support Of New Ballpark
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Rays Release Parking And Traffic
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The Rays yesterday, in an attempt to "refute one of the strongest arguments against a downtown waterfront stadium," released an "exhaustive parking and traffic analysis ... that suggests the area can handle a crush of cars on even the busiest nights," according to Aaron Sharockman of the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES. The study identified 13,400 parking spaces that "could be available for baseball on weekday nights," and that number "increased slightly" for weekend games. The study indicated that the spaces could "more than cover a sellout crowd of 34,000 at the stadium proposed for Al Lang Field." Baltimore-based Rummel, Klepper & Kahl Partner David Wallace, whose firm conducted the study, said: "We simply didn't say, 'There's a 600-car garage, we're counting 600 spaces.' We studied how the spaces are used. We factored in the distance to the stadium." None of the approximately 7,000 on-street downtown parking spaces are included in the study, which assumed "everyone was driving a car to the game," and also did not count "some of the spaces in lots of 200 or smaller." Of the spaces the team counts as available, 10,700 are "within three-fourths of a mile of Al Lang Field, and another 1,700 spaces could be available at Tropicana Field." Shuttle buses would transport those people. Sharockman notes "hurdles remain," as the team still would have to work out "agreements with the nearly 20 entities for access to the lots, as well as ensuring a plan for ballpark patrons to find them" (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, 3/12). MLB.com's Bill Chastain reported the Rays yesterday "submitted a preliminary design consideration document to St. Petersburg officials." The ballpark would not require any "major transportation infrastructure improvements," and only one "minor physical intersection improvement would be needed" to accommodate the flow of traffic. The number of uniformed police officers at the new ballpark is "expected to be similar to those currently at Tropicana Field" (MLB.com, 3/11).
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