H.Ham Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 More than 1 million people are expected to attend at least one of the numerous events planned for the week leading up to Super Bowl LI in Houston on Feb. 5, according to the Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau. To prepare for this influx of visitors, the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee has provided the following information to help residents and visitors alike avoid the brunt of traffic congestion. Planned road closures Road closures between Jan. 26-Feb. 6: The post How to navigate Houston’s roadways leading up to the Super Bowl appeared first on Community Impact Newspaper. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I figure just follow the rules of the road, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 No you need to flagrantly break traffic laws - that's the only way to fit in on Houston roads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I would download the "Super Bowl LI" app if you plan on attending any of the events -- it has event schedules, maps, transportation information, etc....it's a great resource Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Any trip longer than 1/2 a block requires a car. It's the Houston way. Get with it, tourists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Pro tip for visitors trying to pass as locals: rent a full-size pickup and drive 85+ mph while never allowing more than a foot of space between your front bumper and the rear bumper of the car in front of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I was told I will be taking the kid and a friend to the NFL Experience at Discovery Green on Saturday. Oh joy. A day with a couple of 14 year old boys that hear less than my nearly deaf great-grandmother. It's made somewhat easier by the fact that I was able to prepay to park for 8 hours at the old post office site for $14, which is close to the special circulator buses they've laid on for the event. Let's see how well that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I'm gaining a richer appreciation of my parking contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 nm - somehow double posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 went cycling this morning around the area. in addition to the closures, lots of streets have been reduced to 1 lane surrounding the GRB. Rusk, Capitol, LaBranch, Austin, Polk, Dallas. And a few more. I'm assuming that's just going to be weekends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 40 minutes ago, samagon said: went cycling this morning around the area. in addition to the closures, lots of streets have been reduced to 1 lane surrounding the GRB. Rusk, Capitol, LaBranch, Austin, Polk, Dallas. And a few more. I'm assuming that's just going to be weekends? Street closures are full time through Feb 5. Here's the map http://www.housuperbowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/road-closures-sm.pdf 20 hours ago, Ross said: I was told I will be taking the kid and a friend to the NFL Experience at Discovery Green on Saturday. Oh joy. A day with a couple of 14 year old boys that hear less than my nearly deaf great-grandmother. It's made somewhat easier by the fact that I was able to prepay to park for 8 hours at the old post office site for $14, which is close to the special circulator buses they've laid on for the event. Let's see how well that works. I prepaid for parking at the Post Office, which I probably didn't need to do, but it was the cheapest option, and guaranteed me a space. We walked over to Louisiana and Franklin and caught the Orange circulator, which is free. We didn't do the NFL Experience, it costs actual money($35). We stood in line for about 2 hours so the kids could ride the Future Flight. They enjoyed that. The rest of the stuff was semi-interesting. The best thing to me was the full size display of the Webb Space Telescope, which is definitely worth seeing. The music stage is impressive, and sounds good with the recorded music they were playing. Food was really expensive, with any sort of entree costing $10+ - that's for hot dogs too. A bottle of water is $4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Sounds like fun... I need to get out there one of these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 To get downtown Saturday, we took the 40/41 down W Dallas. It normally goes all the way to Disco Green but because of all the closures it dropped us off at Fannin which is only a few blocks away. I wasn't sure where it would pick us up with the route change (which wasn't reflected on google maps) so we took the 32 back to get us down W Gray. Worked out well. Saw the Green link running often. Also noticed some lots farther away for $10 and closer at $20-30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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