There are a few down sides to the new Cowboy’s stadium being so much closer to Fort Worth. Traffic being one of them. In an attempt to alleviate the issue the city is trying to find logical places to shuttle in large amounts of people. Residents at the T&P Lofts are not to happy that this hits so close to home with them.
Apparently there had been talk of utilizing the loft’s visitor parking along Lancaster to provide shuttle rides to the new stadium. This has met with some residential resistance, and it is my understanding that city is promoting parking along Vickery as an alternative. A $5 Dollar parking fee and another $5 ride fee should take you all the way to the stadium.
I can sympathize with the T&P residents, but it seems that this would be a good thing for the south end of downtown. If they really want to build vickery up to be pedestrian friendly this would be a great draw. Surely there will be some congestion added, but it’s relatively rare and seasonal. Also part of living in a growing and thriving city center. Perhaps some gains in our public transportation could aid this cause further.
September 10th, 2009 at
Also provides a convenient way to get to the games for residents of the area. It’s also close enough that people could park in the new garage adjacent to the Omni and walk down to the T&P.
Oh well, some people will bitch about anything that even remotely affects their lives.
September 17th, 2009 at
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