For Cal football game-goers, weigh alternate transportation

Plan ahead: consider walking, biking, or taking public transit to avoid $225 parking fines or towing fees. Home game days in 2025 are September 6, 13; October 4, 17; and November 1, 29.

Fans and visitors coming near Memorial Stadium on Cal football game days can avoid hassle and traffic by using public transit, walking, biking, and avoiding parking in areas with towing and high fines.

Please remember that a small number of blocks in the area will be off-limits to nearby residents.

BART trains, AC Transit buses, and free UC Berkeley gameday shuttles provide fast access to or near Memorial Stadium. Ride your own bicycle or scooter - or use a shared one - on Bancroft Way's protected two-way bicycle lane. Walk through the vibrant Southside neighborhood to the stadium.

Game day parking restrictions near California Memorial Stadium begin at 8:00 a.m. and last until 11:00 p.m. Cars parked in no-parking zones or areas requiring a residential permit will be fined $225. A $264 fine will be added if the car is towed.

Home game days for the 2025 Season are September 6, 13; October 4, 17; and November 1, 29.

Plan ahead. Take the bus, ride a bike, or walk on Cal football game days to avoid $225 fines or your vehicle being towed.

Transit options for Cal game days

BART and AC Transit operate near California Memorial Stadium on gamedays. Downtown Berkeley BART Station is approximately a 25-minute walk to the stadium. AC Transit lines 6, 22, 27, 36, 51B, 52, and F offer stops near the stadium.

UC Berkeley offers free gameday shuttles connecting Downtown Berkeley BART Station to drop-off points near the stadium and ADA golf carts for attendees with mobility issues.

Docked bike-share stations and rental e-scooters are available throughout the Southside and Downtown areas. Rent a bicycle or e-scooter and use our protected bicycle lanes on Bancroft Way, Dana St., and Fulton St. to get around.

Park carefully and look for signage

For drivers, street parking signs will reflect gameday parking restrictions in the area. Drivers should pay particular attention and follow instructions on the street parking signs.

View the 2025 Cal Football Game Day Parking Enforcement map below to see where unpermitted vehicles will be subject to fines or towing. Drivers who park on streets marked red and yellow on the map risk getting their car towed. Towed vehicles will be taken to a temporary lot at Fulton Street and Bancroft Way.

City-owned parking garages are also available for game day parking. Three garages will offer flat all-day rates for game days:

• Telegraph Channing Garage at Telegraph Ave. and Channing Way
• Oxford Garage at Oxford St. and Kittredge St.
• Center Street Garage at Center St. and Shattuck Ave.

Certain streets closed for emergency access and safety

The following streets are closed to vehicular traffic on game days for emergency access, public safety, and Cal Football programming. Allow extra travel time when driving around or through these areas:

• 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 directions)
• Addison Street between Kala Bagai Way and Oxford Street
• Access to the Panoramic Way and Dwight/Hillside neighborhoods will be limited to residents.

Even residents must avoid certain streets

Anyone parking in the Southside area on game days is subject to the same parking enforcement, regardless if they are there for non-football reasons.

Only Berkeley residents who live in one of the Residential Parking Permit (RPP) zones marked in the map above or on our zone map and have a 2025-2026 permit can park in their zones for more than two hours.

In addition, all vehicles - even those with a valid RPP permit - will be towed if parked on the following 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

Visitors parking in RPP zones B and D around the Elmwood neighborhood can park for up to two hours without a permit.

Plan ahead and take public transit, bike, or walk on Cal Football game days.

Links

• Parking enforcement map
• Transit options on Cal football game days
  • AC Transit
  • BART
  • Free gameday shuttles
• City-owned parking garage options for Cal football game days
• UC-owned parking options on Cal football game days
• Cal 2025 Football Schedule
• Residential Parking Permit zone map

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