Underhill Parking Facility

Project Background

Beginning Monday, August 29, 2005, construction will begin on the replacement parking project at the current Underhill site between Channing Way and Haste Street at College Avenue, including a new sports field on the top level.

Construction will continue on the parking structure through January 2007, and the entire facility is scheduled for completion by the end of the spring semester 2007. The replacement structure will have 1,000 marked parking spaces, accommodating short-term parking, the disabled, departmental parking, and residence hall parking, as well as student, faculty, and staff permit holders.	Illustration: WELLS '05

In 1991-92, after the Loma Prieta earthquake, the campus determined that the existing parking structure at the Underhill site was structurally unsound, and had it torn down. Since then, the campus has been planning to restore the structure and field.

Construction of the Underhill parking helps to fulfill the campus’s commitment to improve vehicle access, made when parking rates were increased several years ago. The opening of the Lower Hearst addition (Level 4 parking) was another part of that effort, while the newly completed parking facility in Wellman courtyard replaces parking removed for construction of the Chang-Lin Tien East Asian Library.

The replacement project and all campus parking projects are part of the Berkeley campus balanced approach to access. This approach includes pre-tax AC Transit bus passes for Faculty and Staff (Bear Pass program), the 3 million-plus student rides per year on AC Transit through the Class Pass program, BearTransit shuttle service from the downtown Berkeley BART station, over 1,000 participants in campus carpools, organized bicycle use and support, and nearby student housing within walking distance.

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Parking Impacts for Current Users around the Campus

The construction of the Underhill replacement structure and the planned construction of a new child-care center at the Ellsworth structure will affect almost 340 parking spaces in the campus parking system. Finding parking in the same area as these lots will be more difficult. Parking & Transportation has developed alternatives to mitigate the impact of these losses, but cannot totally eliminate that impact. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to use their Bear Passes and Class Passes, BART, bicycles, and other forms of transportation as much as circumstances permit. For information about campus transit options, please visit our website's Transportation Alternatives section. Other mitigation efforts include increased attendant parking, re-designation of some parking areas, and negotiated access for additional parking.

 

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Alternate Parking Locations

Beginning August 29, 2005, campus permit holders are encouraged to look for alternate parking at the following locations:

Student permit holders
• Ellsworth Garage - Channing & Ellsworth Streets
• Clark Kerr Northwest Lot - Warring Street & Dwight Way
• Foothill Lot - Cyclotron Road east of Gayley Road
• Lower Hearst Structure level 4 – Hearst Avenue west of North Gate
• Upper Hillside Terrace lots –above Lawrence Hall of Science

Use your Class Pass to ride from nearby campus Bear Transit or AC Transit buses for access from lots and around campus.

Faculty & staff permit holders
• Anna Head Lots - Channing Way east of Telegraph Avenue
• Dwight Lot - Dwight Way west of Telegraph Ave.
• Bancroft/Fulton Lot
• Dana/Durant Lot
• Upper Hillside Terrace lots –above Lawrence Hall of Science

C, F & S permits will be honored in the hilisde Terrace lots 1, 2 & 3 above the Lawrence Hall of Science. These lots are served by 30- to 60-minute BearTransit shuttle bus service along the Hill line to the Hearst Mining Circle in the central campus. Take Centennial Drive above Memorial Stadium to park at the Terrace Lots and ride BearTransit for free with display of your current Class or Bear Pass. Bus service from the lots begins at 8:15 a.m. and the last shuttle departure from the Lawrence Hall of Science is 7:15 p.m. Monday through Friday.

All affiliates will find parking available to purchase hourly in the University Hall West lot (on Addison Street between Oxford and Shattuck Ave.), and in Level 2 of the Lower Hearst Parking Structure (enter from Scenic Avenue off of Hearst Ave.)

 

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More Parking Available Soon

The campus has negotiated for use of the former State Health facility located on Berkeley Way between Oxford and Shattuck Ave. Spaces will be available by mid September for use by “C”, “F” and “S” permit holders (Central Campus, Faculty-Staff, and Student). There are 90+ spaces in the lot, near to a BearTransit campus shuttle bus stop on Oxford Street

 

 

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Related Links

http://www.cp.berkeley.edu/UnderhillFacility.html

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