COTA - Circuit of The Americas 17+

Downloaded the app thinking it would be a great way to easily keep track of events happening at COTA.
It is only easy to keep track of F1. For anything else, you have to dig. I don’t give a rat’s backside about F1 - so I have to dig.
Just plain easier and more informative to use the website.

We couldn’t believe how reckless the pedal bike drivers were as they sped up and down the Nike Long walkway from the shuttles buses to the gate. They weave in and out, almost hit us twice, and essentially act like they own the road, not the pedestrians trying to make their way up. If there is one going and one coming, they take the entire pathway. And for this one mile, they charge $25 for 2 people. Talk about adding insult to injury! COTA management needs to get a handle on this as it is really dangerous.

Bitterly disappointing experience at COTA. The logistics were a nightmare. Top issues:
1) pedal bikes, golf carts, and EMS vehicles on the walkway in = disaster. Dangerous, unpleasant, irritating. COTA needs to separate the light vehicles and pedestrians.
Even with that walkway narrow.
2) The shuttle buses grind to a halt at every busy corner. The roadway is far too narrow and not separated from pedestrians. Even saw a gentleman in a wheelchair in between the buses.
3) Entrance gates - TINY. At turn 11 only 3 gates, even the biggest gate had 10 lanes.
4) Access to racetrack is ironic - for a racetrack in the middle of farmland it’s bizarrely difficult to access - ubers/lyfts (thousands of them) are navigating a 1+1 country road on McAngus.
F1 might want to consider dropping COTA and just racing x2 in Singapore or some place that can handle the event.