Parking

PARKING AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION FOR 2024

Parking Passes for the Flick regattas are mailed to each team in March. The number of passes is based on the size of last year’s team. The passes are mailed to head coaches unless otherwise specified. City Championship passes will be distributed later in the season. Do not duplicate passes. Duplication results in suspension of any privileges. The goals of PSRA’s parking system are two-fold:

1. Address the needs of the athletes, coaches, and families participating in PSRA sponsored regattas.
2. Address the concerns of the Philadelphia Police Department and Fairmount Park Commission regarding legal parking and traffic jams on Kelly Drive.

DIRECTIONS

Traffic and Parking Regulations

Traffic movement is in a one-way direction from the entrance to the exit beyond the grandstands. Please do not attempt to park on Kelly Drive until it is closed by police.

There is no in/out once past the entrance. Parking passes are single entry and will be collected.(parents with more than one rower have to decide how they want to use their single entry.)

Parent food trailers (chuckwagons) and their tow vehicles require a permit beginning in 2024. These trailers must be labeled with the school’s name and/or logo. No unmarked trailers will be allowed in. There will be designated entrance times each week for chuckwagons. These times will be posted on this website. Tow vehicles that drop off the chuckwagon and leave the venue will need a pass to return to pick up the chuckwagon.

Permits for chuckkwagons are available for the following fees:

$125 for the season if purchased in advance

$140 if purchased after March 14, 2024

$150 on site

$50 for guests single use

Reduced speed is in effect on the drive once past the entrance. We have pedestrians, rowers carrying boats and cyclists so please drive carefully.

Remote parking lots and shuttle service will begin with the second Flick on March 26. The bus drivers are instructed to stop for drop off/pick-up whenever requested – so be sure your parents know where your parent tent is located for your parents convenience. The lots in Fairmount Park can be reached by following the Kelly Drive detour. Monitored parking will cost $20 per day. Shuttles are anticipated to run every 20-35 minutes (depending on traffic) from approximately 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.  See the map of the remote parking lots above. l

Golf carts are available to transport your food, cases of water etc. to your tent if you do not have a pass.

Please park on the riverside of the Drive. Do not save parking places. Do not move cones or park in areas restricted for officials, staff or handicapped vehicles.

• Do not park on the grass.
• Do not park on the opposite side of the drive.
• Do not parallel park.
• Do not leave your car parked on Kelly Drive beyond one hour after the last race.
• All of these actions will result in parking tickets or towing of your vehicle.

Handicapped parking is available in the grandstand lot. A handicap vehicle must also have a PSRA pass to gain entrance to the regatta. We do not have extra passes for handicapped drivers. These passes must be obtained from the team’s allocation of passes.

Boat trailers, school buses and vans do not need a pass to enter. Oversized vehicles such as buses and vans must park past the finish line/Columbia Bridge on the left side of the drive. Buses should drop rowers off and then proceed up to paid parking where they can park at no charge or park on the non-river side of the drive past Columbia Bridge.

As the race day concludes, please begin the exit process, which is one-way. The police generally re-open the drive approximately one (1) hour after the final race. They will tow vehicles that remain parked on the drive when they re-open the drive for safety reasons.

A portion of the passes will be allocated to regatta staff, referees, and permanent volunteers (those who agree to volunteer EVERY week).

TENT ASSIGNMENTS. An updated map of tent assignments for 2024 will be posted on our website before the racing season. The assignments will be based largely on last year’s assignments.

No unauthorized drones are allowed at PSRA regattas.

 PARKING AND TRAFFIC FOR CITY CHAMPIONSHIP 2023

Date Effective: May 6 and 7, 2023
Location: Kelly Drive Regatta Closure
There are important safety and security procedures regarding closure of the race course portion of Kelly Drive on May 6 and 7, 2023. The below regulations are in addition to the normal parking rules in effect during the Flicks.

SATURDAY MAY 6, 2023 – Racing begins at 9:30 am. Coaches meeting at 8 am.
Temporary police regulation/traffic control will restrict parking/stopping/standing in the
Grandstand Parking Lot and the St. Joe’s/Temple Boathouse Parking Lot from 12am through
6 am on May 6, 2023.
PSRA will begin entry of vehicles at 6 am upon full closure of the affected portion of Kelly
Drive.
6 am – Boat Trailers, Coaches with Coach passes, LOC, Referees, Staff.  Staff and volunteers will direct parking.
7 am – Chuckwagons, Team Buses and Vans
8:30 am –Spectators

Aforementioned vehicles may arrive later but not before these times.

Parking passes have been distributed to teams. Upon Entry, the pass is collected. No Re-Entry is
permitted. There are TWO passes: One dated May 6, 2023 for Saturday and one dated May 7, 2023
for Sunday. You must have a May 6 pass to enter on Saturday; you must have a May 7 pass to enter
on Sunday. A Saturday pass will not allow admission for Sunday and vice versa.
Marked school food trailers/chuck wagons and their tow vehicles entering in tandem DO NOT
REQUIRE a parking pass for entry.

NO Unmarked food trailers/chuck wagons will be pemitted to enter.
The tow vehicle must remain at the venue or have a parking pass for re-entry if traveling without the
marked school food trailer/chuck wagon in tandem.
Boat trailer tow vehicles that choose to depart the venue after initial entry with their boat trailer will
be permitted re-entry after 4:30 pm without a parking pass. Re-Entry prior to 4:30 will requires a
parking or trailer pass.

School buses and vans transporting student-athletes do not require a parking pass but must park
past the finish line on the east side of the drive beyond the road curvature. Parking in any other
location is a violation of City parking regulations and subject to ticketing/towing by the Philadelphia
Police and Philadelphia Parking Authority.

Recreation Vehicles are prohibited from parking at the PSRA City Championships in the Grandstand Parking Lot, SJU/Temple Parking Lot and along the Kelly Drive Closure.

Handicapped parking is in the grandstand lot. You must have a PSRA pass and a handicapped tag to park there.

At your own risk of loss or damage, Boat trailers, chuckwagons, and tow vehicles may be left
overnight Saturday into Sunday as the Drive will be closed by police overnight. We ask that cars not be left overnight on the Drive. The Drive will be closed to all traffic, including PSRA competitors and
spectators, from 7 pm on Saturday to 6 am on Sunday. If you leave and forgot something, you must wait until Sunday morning or walk into the venue to get it.
There is no security for chuckwagons, spectator vehicles and tents.

SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2023– Coaches meeting at 7:30 am, racing begins at 9 am.
PSRA will begin entry of vehicles at 6 am.
6 am – Coaches with Coach passes, LOC, Referees, Staff. Boat trailers should be parked on Saturday.
7 am – School buses and vans, chuckwagons. Trailer and chuckwagon tow vehicles that leave at the end of Saturday’s racing, must have a May 7 pass to re-enter on Sunday. Boat trailer drivers may obtain a Trailer pass at the regatta if they do not have one already or may re-enter after 4:30 pm.

8 am – Spectators

Trophy Presenter Parking – A monitored area in the finish line parking lot will be reserved on Sunday for trophy presenters.

REMOTE PARKING LOTS will be available on both Saturday and Sunday. Shuttle buses will run from 8 am to 6 pm on both days.

DO NOT:

• Parallel park on the Drive – your vehicle will be towed. Vehicles should park at a perpendicular angle.
• Double park on the Drive or in the Grandstand lot – your vehicle will be towed.
• Park on the grass.
• Park in referee spots or other restricted areas.
• Travel more than 10 mph on the Drive.
• Attempt to save spots with cones, chairs, bikes etc. Those will be removed.
• Put your grills, tables etc. in the Grandstand lot.

PLEASE:

• Be patient, respectful and courteous. You are going to a rowing race and a cookout, not the emergency room.
• Be considerate and respectful of your neighbors. We all need to set a good example for our kids.
• Schools that violate the temporary police regulation traffic control will be sanctioned BY PSRA.

Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.

The Goals of PSRA’s parking system are two-fold

1. Address the needs of the athletes, coaches, and families participating in PSRA sponsored regattas.
2. Address the concerns of the Philadelphia Police Department and Fairmount Park Commission regarding legal parking and traffic jams on Kelly Drive.

A portion of the passes will be allocated to regatta staff, referees, and permanent volunteers (those who agree to volunteer EVERY week).

The remaining passes have been allocated to the PSRA permanent and associate member schools in proportion to the size of each program. Each program has been notified of the number of passes available to them. Parking Passes will be collected at the gate for one-time entrance. There is no longer in/out permission.

• Parking is permitted on the river side of the drive only
• Do not park on the grass.
• Do not park on the opposite side of the drive.
• Do not parallel park.
• Do not leave your car parked on Kelly Drive beyond one hour after the last race.
• All of these actions will result in parking tickets or towing of your vehicle.

In order to continue the long-standing tradition of parent involvement in local high school regattas, the PSRA has contracted for additional parking, available in Fairmount Park by following the Kelly Drive detour. Monitored parking will cost $15 per day.

PSRA has contracted with a bus company to provide a shuttle from the parking lots to the Canoe Club and the Grand Stands. Buses are anticipated to run every 15-25 minutes (depending on traffic) from approximately 8 a.m. until sometime after the last race.

Handicapped Parking: Spaces are reserved for those cars with handicapped tags near the Grandstands. A handicapped vehicle must have BOTH a PSRA parking pass and a handicapped tag to enter the Drive.

Who does NOT need a pass:

• Boat trailers and the towing vehicle
• Marked Chuckwagons
• School buses – must park south of the Columbia Bridge
• School vans – must park south of the Columbia Bridge

Golf cart transports are available at the entrance to assist in the movement of items to parent tents.

Buses should drop rowers off and then proceed up to paid parking where they can park at no charge or park on the non-river side of the drive past Columbia Bridge. All boat trailers must be parked in the Gillin Boathouse lot near Strawberry Mansion Bridge. Volunteers will be there to assist in the parking.