This is a chronic issue and many have complained to UT. I called campus police after our car moved one car length in 35 minutes. I tried calling the sheriff and the police departments and got no help. I called the UT police back and was basically told nothing can be done.
Took us a bit over an hour and half to not only get out, but to move. Heaven forbid someone have a medical emergency. Maybe it'll take a lawsuit to fix this. Somehow they were allowed to built the garage in between two one way streets, Lake and Terrace. The University and law enforcement do not care at all.
The answer is to use more personnel to allow a stream of vehicles up onto Cumberland or across Cumberland and stop traffic long enough on Volunteer Blvd to let Lake Avenue cars dump out onto Volunteer Blvd, then allow cars on Volunteer Blvd onto Joe Johnson Dr and keep them moving long enough to get cars down to Neyland Dr. They stop cars on Joe Johnson to let the Ag campus cars out and they don't empty Lake Ave onto Volunteer long enough. It's embarrassing that UT and local law enforcement are so damn inept and incapable of figuring this out.
I was basically yelled at by the law enforcement person there at 18th and Lake and said there's nothing he can do, but he was allowing one vehicle through the intersection at a time. No **** there is nothing you can do, but can you radio to your folks to get some damn help and that traffic hasn't moved in 1, 2 hours or more?
It's totally inexcusable. It's actually a major public safety issue.
If someone with the University reads this, PLEASE get this **** fixed. We are paying customers and at a minimum need our money back.
