Automotive-free choices for Cal soccer video games

Fans and guests coming close to Memorial Stadium on Cal soccer sport days can keep away from problem, visitors, towing, and parking fines through the use of public transit, strolling, or biking. 

BART trains, AC Transit buses, and free UC Berkeley gameday shuttles present handy entry to Memorial Stadium. Borrow a shared bicycle or scooter or trip your personal on Bancroft Way’s protected two-way bicycle lane. Walk or roll via the colourful Southside neighborhood to the stadium. 

Alternatives to driving maintain you out of the sport day visitors. You’ll additionally keep away from the 8:00 am to 11:00 pm parking restrictions required by the surge of automobiles: 

• Cars parked with out permits for residential parking areas might be fined $335.
• Select streets might be off-limits for parking and topic to fines no matter residential permits. Vehicles that park on these streets might be fined $335, plus a $264 towing price.
• Parking meter charges might be 50% increased in elements of the Southside and Downtown neighborhoods.

Home video games for the 2026 season are on September 5, 19, and 25; October 10 and 17; and November 21 and 28. 

Plan forward for Cal soccer sport days. Take the bus, trip a motorbike, scooter, or stroll. Avoid $335 parking fines or automobile towing. 

Transit choices for Cal sport days

BART and AC Transit function close to California Memorial Stadium on sport days. Downtown Berkeley BART Station is about one mile from the stadium. AC Transit traces 6, 22, 27, 36, 51B, 52, and F supply stops close to the stadium.  

UC Berkeley affords a free Gameday Shuttle connecting Downtown Berkeley BART Station to drop-off factors close to the stadium. It additionally has ADA golf carts for attendees needing mobility help.  

Docked bike-share stations and rental e-scooters can be found all through the Southside and Downtown areas. Rent a bicycle or e-scooter and use protected bicycle lanes on Bancroft Way, Dana Street, and Fulton Street to get round.

Park rigorously and comply with signage directions

Street parking indicators will replicate gameday parking restrictions within the space. Drivers ought to pay explicit consideration and comply with directions on the road parking indicators. 

View the 2026 Cal Football Game Day Parking Enforcement map. See the place unpermitted automobiles might be topic to fines or towing, together with for these with a Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) allow.

• Red streets: All parked vehicles might be fined $335 and towed for a $264 price.
• Yellow streets: Cars with out legitimate RPP permits might be fined $335 and towed for a $264 price.
• Orange space: Cars with out RPP permits might be fined $335.
• RPP areas B and D: Cars with out RPP permits parked for greater than two hours might be fined $335.

If your automobile is towed, name (510) 981-5900 to get better it.

City-owned parking garages can be found for sport day parking. Telegraph-Channing Garage has a particular Cal Football Gameday fee of $60.

Certain streets closed to automobile visitors for emergency entry

Several of the streets closest to the stadium might be closed to through-traffic on sport days:

• Piedmont Avenue between Bancroft Way and Channing Way (Northbound)
• Durant Avenue between College Avenue and Piedmont Avenue (Eastbound)
• Channing Way between Piedmont Avenue and Prospect Street (Eastbound)
• Gayley Road between Hearst Avenue and Stadium Rim Way (Both instructions)
• Access to the Panoramic Way and Dwight/Hillside neighborhoods might be restricted to residents.

Even residents should keep away from parking on sure streets

All automobiles – even these with a sound RPP allow – might be fined $335, towed, and charged a $264 towing price if parked on the next streets: 

• College Avenue, between Bancroft Way and Dwight Way
• Bancroft Way, between College Avenue and Piedmont Avenue
• Durant Avenue, between College Avenue and Piedmont Avenue
• Piedmont Ave., from stadium entrance to Channing Way
• Warring Street, from Piedmont Avenue to Channing Way
• Prospect Street, from stadium entrance to Channing Way
• Canyon Road, from stadium entrance to Prospect Street
• Hearst Avenue, from Euclid Avenue to Highland Place
• Ashby Avenue, from Claremont Avenue to Domingo Avenue

Plan forward for Cal soccer sport days. Avoid visitors, tickets, and towing. Take public transit, bike, scooter, stroll – or a mix of these. 

Resources for sport day parking and transportation