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Hartford-Springfield-Bradley International
Airport
Primary access to the University of Massachusetts Amherst is via Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Conn.,
served by all major airlines. Bradley is approximately a 43-mile, 55-minute drive on Interstate Route 91 and state
Route 9. The airport is adjacent to I-91 between Hartford, Conn., and Springfield, Mass. Non-stops fly to 36 destinations, including between New York-New
Jersey, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Detroit, Atlanta, Washington-Baltimore, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix and
Dallas-Ft. Worth.
As alternatives, Boston's Logan
International Airport and the T.F. Green
Airport serving Providence, R.I., are between 1.5 and 1.75 hours from the Amherst campus.
Amtrak also operates daily through-train service from Washington,
D.C., to Amherst and back.
When to arrive
Conference Track One participants ("Future of Journalism Roundtable Summit") are
advised to book for arrival by 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, and obtain lodging for Wed., June 28, and
Thurs., June 29, with departure either Thursday evening, or Friday evening, or Saturday afternoon, depending upon
interest in Tracks 2-5. Conference Tracks 2-5 participants
are advised to book for arrival Thursday by 6:30 p.m., June 29, 2006, and obtain lodging for Thurs., June 28 and Fri.,
June 29, with departure Saturday afternoon (or Sunday).
Airport-to-conference
shuttle
The conference may arrange limited scheduled shuttle-van
service from Bradley to the UMass campus and/or hotels at key times. On Wed., June 28, a UMass Transit Service
van will depart outside the Terminal A baggage claim area of Hartford-Bradley airport for campus. To alert the driver to your arrival, you may call the driver's cell phone -- 413-531-0499. Please check the MGP2006 Travel-share wiki page for up-to-date
information.
Valley Transporter van service
There is a commercial service, Valley Transporter (413-253-1350), which provides
by-reservation ground shuttle between Hartford-Springfield-Bradley and the UMass Amherst area, and between Boston-Logan
and Providence-T.F. Green and UMass. From Bradley, one-way rates with advanced reservation are $45 first seat, $25
second seat, $10 each additional seat.
Ride-share wiki page updated
The MGP2006 wiki site includes a Travel Share page where you can exhange information
with other MGP2006 conference participants.
Group rate from Enterprise Rent-a-Car available
Enterprise Rent-a-Car has a group rate for UMass
conferences which the Enterprise office in Amherst says may be used by MGP2006 attendees. The rate is $35/day for a
compact. You access it by going to http://www.enterprise.com. After selecting
rental dates, drop down and put "T17175" (no quotes) in the box requesting "Optional: Coupon, Customer, or Corporate
Number". When the next screen asks for the first 3 characters of your company's name or PIN number, enter: "UNI" (no
quotes). That will then bring up the UMass contract rates, which may be lower (or higher) than what is otherwise
offered.
Air-travel
arrangements
STA Travel
Inc., a 110-office travel agency with a full-service office in the University of Massachusetts Campus Center --
steps from the conference meeting rooms -- is familiar with details of the summit/conference. For assistance withtravel
arrangements, call Lynda Tiersma, senior agent, STA Travel-Amherst, at 413-256-1261 (9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.) or amh@statravel.com. Depending on demand, STA may negotiate
group rates with certain airlines. STA is authorized to charge a booking fee of up to $20.