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Specific information on
travel and accommodations for conference participants will be posted here
shortly. In the meantime, this page—compiled by the staff of the Yale
political science department—serves as a quick reference for those
wishing to travel to the Yale University Campus.
It includes directions to the university by car, from Connecticut airports, and from the
New Haven Train Station. You can find additional extensive information
concerning Yale and the City of New Haven through the Yale
University Visitor Information Center,
the New Haven Visitors & Convention Bureau
and the City of New Haven websites.
Additional travel information is available through the Yale Travel
Services website.
If you are traveling by
car…
From Interstate 91:
From
north and south:
Take Exit 3 (Trumbull Street Exit). Stay in the middle lane and continue
straight through the traffic light onto Trumbull Street. At the fourth light
turn right on Prospect Street. The department is
about halfway down the block on the left.
Interstate
95:
From
north:
Turn off turnpike at I-91 North Exit (Hartford, Springfield Exit) and
continue for a short distance on I-91 to Trumbull Street Exit 3. Follow I-91
directions above.
From
south:
Take Exit 49, I-91 North (Hartford, Springfield). Follow I-91
directions above.
Route 15
(Wilbur Cross/Merritt Parkways):
From north: Take Exit 61. Drive
south on Whitney Avenue for approximately five
miles. At the intersection with Sachem Street, turn right onto
Sachem. At the first stoplight, turn left onto Prospect St. The second building
on your right is the department.
From
south:
Take Exit 57. Drive east on Route 34 (Derby Avenue) for five miles to the
fork of Derby Avenue and George Street (three blocks past the
Yale Athletic Fields). Bear right on George Street. Continue on George Street to York Street. Turn left on York Street and then the third
right on Elm Street. Continue on Elm for
two blocks. Turn left onto College St. at the second
stoplight. Continue to drive straight through two stoplights. After the
second stoplight, the department is about a block on the left.
If you are traveling by
train…
Metro-North (a subsidiary of New York's Metropolitan Transportation
Authority) features hourly commuter service to New Haven from Grand Central
Station in New York (see schedules
or call 800 638-7646).
Amtrak features travel times
of 141 minutes between New Haven and Boston and 89 minutes between
New
Haven and New York Penn Station (see schedules or call
800-USA-RAIL). The train station is also served by several bus lines, such as
Greyhound and Peter Pan.
The train
station is a twenty minute walk from campus and local taxi service is
available (fare is approximately $5). A free Yale Shuttle
service operates from 6pm to 7:30am for those with a Yale
ID.
If you are traveling by
plane…
Tweed New
Haven Airport (4 miles from campus) has taxi, bus and car rental
services. Hartford Bradley International Airport
(53 miles), LaGuardia International Airport
(72 miles), Kennedy International Airport
(80 miles) and Newark International Airport (92 miles)
feature shuttle service to and from New Haven by companies such as Prime Time
Shuttle (800
RED-VANS), Connecticut Limousine (800
320-7298) and Fitzgerald Airport Express (800 468-7287).
Parking information
On street metered
parking is available in front of the department and around campus. After 4
p.m.,
visitors may park in Lot 32 adjacent to the department (see Yale Parking
and Transit for more info).
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