Transit service to run from downtown to Memorial Stadium for football games
The City of Lawrence will provide free parking in downtown Lawrence and $1 rides to and from Memorial stadium for KU football games.
Downtown to Memorial Stadium service will be available for all six home-game Saturdays. The first home game is Sept. 3 at 6 p.m.
Free parking will be available in three locations downtown: in the New Hampshire Street Parking Garage, 900 block of New Hampshire Street; the lower level and ramps of the Riverfront Parking Garage, 600 block of New Hampshire Street; and the Vermont Street Parking Garage, 700 block of Vermont Street.
The service to and from Memorial Stadium is $1 for all passengers. The service will run two hours prior to kick-off and one hour after the game or when no additional post-game passengers are present. Signs on the buses will display: No. 11 Downtown/Football Service.
Bus service will pick up and drop off passengers at only these four stops:
• On the south side of Ninth Street, east of Massachusetts (next to the U.S. Bank building)
• In front of the Riverfront Parking Garage
• On the west side of Vermont Street, north of Eighth Street (in front of Douglas County Senior Services)
• Memorial Stadium
To get help planning a route or for more information, visit www.lawrencetransit.org or call 864-4644.