With a 1:30 pm kick off time there won't be any conflict with crowds in terms of starting Startup School at 9am. I would, however, suggest a late lunch (at or after 1:30pm) to avoid fans and long lines at the local restaurants. The biggest problems will probably be at the end given that the game will probably end around 4:30 pm and it's generally a couple of hours before the crowds in/around campus and traffic out of Berkeley start to die down.<p>I'd recommend people park outside of Berkeley and BART (www.bart.gov) in.<p>Other notes:<p>- parking fines are doubled on game days<p>- many parking lots that are normally public lots on weekends are more expensive and/or reserved specifically for fans with season parking passes<p>- many streets that normally allow street parking don't allow parking on game days.<p>Finally - Go Bears!
Protip: on a game day, Berkeley traffic grinds to a standstill. This is due to the fact that in Berkeley, some things (well, most things) are backwards, so traffic engineers figure out new and creative ways to <i>impede</i> the flow of traffic rather than improve it. Don't delude yourself into thinking you can find a parking space.
You should still be able to park if you are parking 10-15 blocks away from campus. Go south or west. When I was living on Berkeley you could still always find a spot to park on game day if you went south of Ward street or so.
Stanford's BASES (<a href="http://bases.stanford.edu" rel="nofollow">http://bases.stanford.edu</a>) is getting interest from people riding up from South Bay to see if we can get a bus. Sit tight you'll get a notice soon. =)
If you're in the south bay and want to travel in a group, let me know (email in profile). We can organize carpools for travel to BART.<p>The best route I see from the south bay is Freemont BART to Downtown Berkeley BART: <a href="http://www.bart.gov/schedules/quickplanner.aspx?orig=FRMT&addr1=&dest=DBRK&addr2=&type=arrival&date=10%2F24%2F2009&time=8%3A30+AM" rel="nofollow">http://www.bart.gov/schedules/quickplanner.aspx?orig=FRMT...</a>