[Farm93]

[quote author=Oasis link=topic=8658.msg72161#msg72161 date=1382545623]
Football traffic at Stanford can't be any worse than the Rose Bowl on Saturday or any five minutes on the 405.

It was actually worse imho in terms of speed.  It took a legitimate hour to travel the length of Embarcadero from 101 to campus 90 min before kickoff.  People walked past my car who I never saw again.  If it's normally that bad, then it's my first time having it that bad.  If it's not normally that bad, maybe I blame it on reunion+BART strike, wherein some people who would have BART+Caltrain'ed it into campus decided to drive.

What that means is that I didn't have enough time to go get my camera from the place I was crashing at, and I have no photos of the game, sigh.
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Doesn't anyone watch the video boards in the stadium?  Almost since the beginning we have had two rather annoying pre-game informational videos. 

Video #1 - What to do in the event of an emergency.  (If you are in the lower bowl...move up the aisle, glide through the tunnels, etc.)
Video #2 - DON'T DRIVE ON EMBARCADERO!!!  The second video actual has a different opening line, but that is clearly the theme.  It essentially goes on to say that it is insanity to try to use Embarcadero, so please use the alternate routes noted in the video.

I used to think I could just jump up Embarcadero if I arrived early enough, but generally I have learned that other routes are vastly superior for those that arrive less than 2 hours before kickoff.  For a visitor, I have some sympathy since Google maps/Mapquest/Garmin/iPhone and others probably force people to that Embarcadero route.  However for the rest of us there has to be an awareness that Embarcadero is very problematic.  The challenge is not just car traffic, Town & Country is also an issue.  The people walking between Town & Country and the Stadium dramatically impede the flow of car traffic from Embarcadero to El Camino Real.  For night games I think that foot traffic is rather light (it was light for ASU because it was raining), but for games during the day there is probably additional foot traffic that negatively impacts Embarcadero.

[Farm93]

[quote author=Oasis link=topic=8658.msg72161#msg72161 date=1382545623]
Football traffic at Stanford can't be any worse than the Rose Bowl on Saturday or any five minutes on the 405.

It was actually worse imho in terms of speed.  It took a legitimate hour to travel the length of Embarcadero from 101 to campus 90 min before kickoff.  People walked past my car who I never saw again.  If it's normally that bad, then it's my first time having it that bad.  If it's not normally that bad, maybe I blame it on reunion+BART strike, wherein some people who would have BART+Caltrain'ed it into campus decided to drive.

What that means is that I didn't have enough time to go get my camera from the place I was crashing at, and I have no photos of the game, sigh.
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Doesn't anyone watch the video boards in the stadium?  Almost since the beginning we have had two rather annoying pre-game informational videos. 

Video #1 - What to do in the event of an emergency.  (If you are in the lower bowl...move up the aisle, glide through the tunnels, etc.)
Video #2 - DON'T DRIVE ON EMBARCADERO!!!  The second video actual has a different opening line, but that is clearly the theme.  It essentially goes on to say that it is insanity to try to use Embarcadero, so please use the alternate routes noted in the video.

I used to think I could just jump up Embarcadero if I arrived early enough, but generally I have learned that other routes are vastly superior for those that arrive less than 2 hours before kickoff.  For a visitor, I have some sympathy since Google maps/Mapquest/Garmin/iPhone and others probably force people to that Embarcadero route.  However for the rest of us there has to be an awareness that Embarcadero is very problematic.  The challenge is not just car traffic, Town & Country is also an issue.  The people walking between Town & Country and the Stadium dramatically impede the flow of car traffic from Embarcadero to El Camino Real.  For night games I think that foot traffic is rather light (it was light for ASU because it was raining), but for games during the day there is probably additional foot traffic that negatively impacts Embarcadero.