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Conference Venue
CUNY 2011 at Stanford University will be held in Cubberley Auditorium in the School of Education near the heart of campus.
Getting to CUNY 2011
Stanford is easily accessible from two international airports, San Francisco (SFO) and San Jose (SJC). Click here for information about transportation options from SFO and SJC. Stanford is also reasonably close to the Oakland airport (OAK), though ground transportation from there is considerably less convenient. Visit Stanford's Maps and Directions page for additional information.
Accommodations
We have made special arrangements with the following hotels:
- The Cardinal Hotel offers a conference rate of $99 (plus tax) per night for regular rooms or $69 (plus tax) per night for rooms with shared baths.
- The Sheraton Palo Alto has a conference rate of $119 (plus tax) per night for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (March 24-26), but will charge $189 (plus tax) on Wednesday, March 23.
- The Westin Palo Alto has a conference rate of $149 (plus tax) per night for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (March 24-26), but will charge $219 (plus tax) on Wednesday, March 23.
- The Stanford Park Hotel has a conference rate of $159 (plus a $15 ''amenities fee'' and tax) per night for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (March 24-26), but will charge $229 (plus tax) on Wednesday, March 23.
- The Stanford Terrace Inn has a conference rate of $165 (plus tax) per night for rooms with queen beds and $170 (plus tax) per night for rooms with king beds. There is an additional $10 charge for double occupancy. These prices include breakfast and local shuttle service.
The following are some other hotels close to campus with reasonable rates.
- The Hotel California is a small hotel near campus with 20 rooms and a Stanford rate of $82 (plus tax) per night.
- The Stanford Inn is a small hotel near campus with 17 rooms, ranging in price from $69 (plus tax) per night to $159 (plus tax) per night for a two-bedroom suite.
- The Best Western Riviera is a small hotel near campus with 37 rooms, with a Stanford rate of $119 (plus tax) per night for rooms with one bed and $129 (plus tax) per night for rooms with two beds. These prices include breakfast.
In addition, an organization called Hotels Combined is offering discounts at some local hotels for our conference.
To and from the venue each day
All hotels listed above are within three kilometers of the conference venue, so walking is an option, although the weather forecast is for cool temperatures with some rain. Hence most participants will probably want to ride busses into campus. Stanford offers free shuttle bus service on weekdays, and we have chartered additional busses.
Chartered Busses
- Thursday and Friday mornings, 8:00am - 10:00am: Two 32-passenger busses will loop from Palo Alto onto campus, dropping participants at the corner of Serra Street and Lausen Mall (a 2-minute walk to the conference). One bus will start at the Stanford Terrace Hotel at 8:00 and the other will start at the Stanford Park Hotel at 8:00. Both will pick up additional passengers at the Cardinal Hotel, the Sheraton Hotel, and the Westin Hotel. Each loop takes 15-20 minutes. Because few participants are staying at the Stanford Terrace or Stanford Park, only the first trip (at 8:00) will include them.
- Thursday evening, 5:30pm - 7:30pm: Two 32-passenger busses will loop from Serra Street and Lausen Mall to the hotels mentioned above. They will go to the Stanford Terrace or Stanford Park only if passengers request it.
- Friday evening, 9:30pm - 11:30pm: Two 32-passenger busses will loop from the parking lot behind Tressider Memorial Union (the location of the party) to the hotels. They will go to the Stanford Terrace or Stanford Park only if passengers request it.
- Saturday morning, 8:00am - 11:00am: The same arrangement as Thursday and Friday, except that there will be three busses.
- Saturday afternoon, 3:00pm - 7:00pm: Three 32 passenger busses will travel the same route as the Thursday evening busses, with two of them running from 3:00 to 6:00 and one of them running from 4:00 to 7:00. Again, they will go to the Stanford Terrace or Stanford Park only if passengers request it.
Stanford's Free Shuttle Service
Full schedules and maps of Stanford's shuttle bus service, known as the Marguerite, are available here. The most useful components of the Marguerite service are listed below.
- On weekdays, line P runs between the Palo Alto train station (right next to the Sheraton and Westin Hotels, and an easy walk from the Cardinal) to the main entrance to the university (an easy walk to the conference venue). Busses run from 6:05am until 7:45pm, going every 10 minutes during peak hours and every 20 minutes in the middle of the day.
- Lines O and N run Friday evening from Tressider Memorial Union around the periphery of campus, with stops at the Palo Alto train station (right next to the Sheraton and Westin Hotels) and at Lytton Plaza in downtown Palo Alto, two blocks from the Cardinal Hotel. Each line runs every 40 minutes from shortly after 8pm until after 1am, offering alternative transportation back from the party.
Parking for Attendees driving to the Stanford Campus
Parking on Stanford's campus can be challenging, but here are the options for attendees who plan to drive to the conference:
- Park in the limited visitor parking areas near the student union or across from the art museum (See Stanford's parking information page), purchasing a permit from the nearby machines each day.
- Purchase day-use permits from Stanford Transportation Services that allow you to park in the regular A (more expensive) or C (less expensive) lots. These can only be purchased in-person at Transportation Services.
- Park for the day near one of our designated conference hotels and catch one of the busses described above.
