Directions to ECASU 2000

At the Omni New Haven Hotel

155 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06510

By BUS:

GREYHOUND BUS LINES  1-800-231-2222, http://www.greyhound.com.

·         A one-way fare from New York, NY to New Haven, CT is $19.00, a round-trip ticket is $32.00.  

·         A one-way fare from Boston, MA to New Haven, CT is $27.00, a round-trip ticket is $49.00.

From the New Haven Union Station, take a taxi to the Omni Hotel.  A few taxis are usually waiting outside the bus station, and the fare will cost about $5.  See BY TAXI, below.

By CAR:

From Boston:

          1. Take I-90 (Mass Pike) West,

          2. Exit at Exit 9 (I-84 exit),

          3. Travel on I-84 West,

          4. Take I-91 South exit to New Haven/New York City,

          5. Exit at Exit 3 (Trumbull Street),

          6. Turn left onto Temple Street,

          7. Continue on Temple Street, through three traffic lights.  

          8. The Omni New Haven will be in the next block, on your left.

From New York City:

          1. Take FDR Drive North,

          2. Take the Triborough Bridge exit,

          3. Merge onto the Triborough Bridge,

          4. Take I-278 East exit on left towards I-87 North,

          5. Merge onto I-287 East,

          6. Take I-287 East/Bruckner Expressway toward New England,

          7. Bruckner Expressway becomes New England Thruway, which becomes I-95 North, which becomes I-95 East.

          8. Take I-95 East to I-91 North (left exit) at New Haven,

          9. Exit at exit 3 (Trumbull Street),

          10. Turn left onto Temple Street,

          11. Continue on Temple Street, through three traffic lights.  

          12. The Omni New Haven will be in the next block, on your left. 

By PLANE:

TWEED-NEW HAVEN AIRPORT, New Haven, CT  (203) 466-8833

The nearest airport to Yale University is the Tweed-New Haven Airport, which is serviced by US Airways Express with connections via Washington National and Philadelphia.  For reservations, call US Airways directly at 1-800-428-4322.  A taxi ride from Tweed-New Haven will cost around $10 (see BY TAXI, below).  

BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Hartford, CT  http://www.bradleyairport.com

From Bradley International, several different shuttle services offer transportation to New Haven:

·        Connecticut Limousine (1-800-472-5466) is probably the cheapest form of transportation to New Haven.  Courtesy phones are available inside the airport.  The buses will make several stops, making the trip last one-and-a-half to two hours.  It costs $21.00 one way, and $38.00 round-trip.  The buses will drop you off at Connecticut Limo’s Long Wharf terminal in New Haven, at which point you will need to take a taxi to the Omni Hotel (see BY TAXI, below).

·        Peter Pan’s Airport Connection bus will take you from Bradley to their Hartford terminal, where you can take a Peter Pan bus to New Haven’s Union Station.  The trip will cost about $21, and last approximately an hour and a half.  You will then need to take a taxi to the Omni Hotel (see BY TAXI, below).  Be forewarned: Airport Connections are often not available on weekends.  

·        A Yellow Cab can take you directly from Bradley to the Omni Hotel in New Haven, the cost of which will run between $76-80.  

LA GUARDIA, JFK, AND NEWARK AIRPORTS, New York, NY

Airline fares to the New York airports may offer more competitive prices than flying into Tweed-New Haven, but be sure to factor in the cost of shuttle/train service from New York to New Haven.  

·        Connecticut Limousine (1-800-472-5466) courtesy phones are available inside the airports.  The buses will make several stops, making the trip last two-and-a-half to three hours.  From La Guardia or JFK, the one-way fare is $38.00, and round-trip costs $72.  From Newark, the one-way fare is $41.00, while round-trip costs $78.00. The buses will drop you off at their Long Wharf terminal in New Haven, at which point you will need to take a taxi to the Omni Hotel (see BY TAXI, below).    

·        PrimeTime (1-800-733-8267) offers $53.00 shuttle service from JFK and LaGuardia to New Haven.  

·         There’s also the alternative of taking a carey bus or taxi from La Guardia or JFK to Grand Central, where you could catch a Metro-North train to New Haven (see BY TRAIN, below). 

By TRAIN:

AMTRAK 1-800-USA-RAIL, http://www.amtrak.com.

·         Unreserved one-way fare from Boston, MA to New Haven, CT is $37.00, and the trip takes four hours.  

·         Unreserved one-way fare from New York Penn Station to New Haven, CT is $26.00, and the trip takes two hours.  

Reserved tickets tend to be slightly more expensive, and round-trip tickets are generally a bit cheaper.  Tickets may be purchased online at http://www.amtrak.com, by calling 1-800-USA-RAIL, or at the station.

METRO-NORTH  1-800-638-7646, http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mnr

·         Trains run between New York Grand Central Station and New Haven, CT only.  One-way tickets are $14.75, round-trip tickets are $23.00.  

From the New Haven train station, Union Station, you may either walk or take a taxi (recommended).

·         The Omni New Haven Hotel is a 10-minute walk.  Walk up Crown Street for three blocks.  Make a right onto Temple Street, and the hotel will be down the block, on your right.  Walking at night is discouraged.

·         A few taxis are usually waiting outside the train station. A taxi ride will cost around $4-5.  See BY TAXI, below.

By TAXI:

There will typically be a few taxis waiting outside the Union Station bus terminal and train station.  If there are none available, you can call one of the following taxi services below.  Fare will run about $4-5 from the train station, and $10 from Tweed-New Haven Airport. 

·         Metro Taxi at 777-7777

·         New Haven Taxi at 877-0000

·         Yellow Cab at 777-5555

Sources: Greene, Philip, Editor.  The Yale: A Guide to Yale & New Haven.  1999-2000 edition.