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A Conference hosted by the Yale Program in African Languages at the Yale Council on African Studies
OCTOBER 2-4, 2008
TRAVEL
BY CAR
Route 15 (Wilbur Cross/Merritt Parkways)
From north: Take Exit 61. Drive south on Whitney Avenue for approximately five miles. Shortly after the intersection with Sachem Street, the road will split. Stay to the right. You are now on Temple Street. Take an immediate right on Trumbull Street, and the next right onto Hillhouse Avenue.
From south: Take Merritt Parkway to I-95 Exit. Follow I-95 directions below.
Interstate 95
From I-95: 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 below.
Interstate 91
From north and south: Take Exit 3 (Trumbull Street Exit). Stay in the middle lane and continue straight onto Trumbull Street through three traffic lights. At the fourth traffic light, turn right on to Hillhouse Avenue. The African Studies office in Luce Hall is on your left.
Parking
Yale maintains a visitors' parking lot a short distance from the African Studies office in Luce Hall. Metered parking is available on local streets. City parking garages are also available.
BY BUS
The Greyhound Buslines terminal (203-772-2470) and the Peter Pan Buslines terminal (800-343-9999) are located at the New Haven train station.
BY AIRPLANE
Tweed-New Haven Airport (203 946-8283) is the closest airport and is approximately four miles from the Yale campus. Taxi, bus, and car rental service is available. There is frequent limousine service to New Haven from other airports.
Connecticut Limousine (located at the Long Wharf Terminal, I-95 Exit 46 in New Haven, 800 320-7298) services Kennedy International Airport (New York -- eighty miles to campus), LaGuardia International Airport (New York -- seventy-two miles to campus), Newark International Airport (Newark, New Jersey -- ninety-two miles to campus), and Bradley International Airport (Windsor Locks, Connecticut -- fifty-three miles to campus).
Prime Time Shuttle provides transportation to/from Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia International Airport.
BY TRAIN
There is hourly Metro-North service to New Haven from Grand Central Station in New York every day of the week. For further information, call 800 638-7646. Amtrak service is scheduled daily from Boston or from Washington, D.C., via Penn Station in New York. Call 800 usa-rail for information. All departure times should be checked because schedules change. From the railroad station we suggest using local taxi service. Train service to New Haven is available via Metro-North from Grand Central Terminal in New York City, or via Amtrak from Boston or New York and points south. From New York, Amtrak uses Penn Station, NOT Grand Central. See Metro-North schedules. The fare on Metro North is about $25 round trip depending upon time of day; the trip takes about an hour and forty minutes.
In Town
Taxi Service
New Haven Taxi Co.
(203) 877-0000
Yellow Cab Co.
(203) 777-5555
Metro Taxi
(203) 777-7777
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