What You Need to Know About Richmond Traffic
2–4 May 2014 there is a collegiate cycling event in Richmond. If you arriving in Richmond this weekend, you may find some roads closed for the cycling event. Saturday, 3 May 2014 features a downtown race beginning at noon. So plan to arrive at your downtown hotel after 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10 May 2014, will be commencement day for Virginia Commonwealth University. If you are planning to park in the Greater Richmond Convention Center Parking lot, plan to arrive before 8:00 a.m. since there will be graduation activities in the adjacent GRCC all day long. The major graduations begin at 10:00 a.m. in the Richmond Coliseum a few blocks away.
We expect heavy traffic in Richmond during the middle of the day Saturday as an estimated 10,000 people are anticipated to be downtown, including NGS Family History Conference attendees. The heaviest traffic is expected between 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. with departmental graduation activities in the GRCC well into the evening. We hope you will decide to stay for the entire conference and depart at 5:00 p.m. when the earlier traffic will have disbursed.
If you are driving to Richmond and staying at the Omni, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Express, or DoubleTree, you may want to leave your car at your hotel on Saturday morning, take the shuttle to and from the convention center, and depart from your hotel when the conference is over. The Crowne and Omni are near expressway on-ramps for an easier departure.
If you are leaving by plane in early afternoon you may want to allow more time for your taxi ride to the airport.
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