With this year’s student Move-In taking place Aug. 31-Sept. 2, prior to the football game and holiday weekend, community members can expect changes to the university’s usual traffic and parking patterns.
University Housing is coordinating Move-In 2016 to manage the traffic impact on the Ann Arbor and campus communities. With the cooperation of the city of Ann Arbor, some streets in the immediate vicinity of residence halls will see traffic-flow alterations from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. all three days.
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Affected streets and altered traffic flows are:
• Thompson: One-way southbound from Jefferson to Packard streets.
• East Madison: One-way eastbound between Thompson and State streets.
• East Washington: One-way westbound between Fletcher and State streets.
• East Ann: One-way eastbound from Zina Pitcher to Observatory streets.
• Observatory: One-way southbound between E. Ann and Geddes streets.
Most, if not all, parking meters in the immediate vicinity of residence halls will be bagged and reserved for students and families who display the proper Move-In unloading permit.
Additional parking changes will affect university parking lots and structures that will be converted to Move-In use only for the duration of the program.
University lots and structures that will be converted to Move-In only are:
• Lot M-28 (on Washington Heights).
• Lot M-95 (just east of Markley Hall, with the west half dedicated to Move-In).
• Lot E-1 (on North University Court across from Stockwell Hall).
• Palmer Parking Structure (N-26), where all visitor parking will be for Move-In participants.
• Lot W-16 (“Triangle”): Thompson at Madison and Packard will be controlled for Move-In.
Uniformed Housing Security officers and U-M Police officers will be on site during Move-In and will aid in maintaining efficient traffic-flow in the residence hall areas.
The Ann Arbor Area Transit Authority and university Parking and Transportation Services will be changing some bus routes to accommodate the changes in traffic flow. Details are available on their websites.
Linda Pugh
For the employees; will the commuter buses from the outer lots run the same as last years and only the MedExpress will take us to the hospital and the North and Southbounds will not take us to the hospital for those 3 days?
Andrea Smith
The Parking & Transportation Services site does not appear to include any information on move-in. (There is nothing on their home page, and a search of the PTS site did not return any relevant information.) It’s extremely difficult for staff/faculty/students to plan ahead when no details are available.
If there IS information available on bus route changes, etc., it would be helpful for The Record to link directly to that information.
Jamie Iseler
Thanks for your questions. PTS has updated its site with more details about bus route changes.