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VISITOR INFO

Pittsburgh Weather

Pittsburgh Accommodations

There are several choices for hotels that are near CMU. When you call the hotel to make reservations, please tell them that you would like the CMU rate and based on availability, they will try to honor the prices quoted below.

Wyndham Garden Hotel 3454 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Phone: (412) 683-2040 FAX: (412) 683-3934 Rates on inquiry, parking extra Mention: CMU Visitor	Shadyside Inn (apartment style accommodations) 5405 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15232 Phone: 412-441-4444 FAX: 412-687-7312 Rates on inquiry, free parking MUST use Code: "1969CM"
University Center Holiday Inn 100 Lytton Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15213 Phone: 412-682-6200 FAX: 412-682-5745 Rates on inquiry, parking extra Mention: CMU Visitor	Courtyard Marriott - Shadyside 5308 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15224 Phone: 1 412-683-3113 Fax: 1 412-683-3133 1-800-321-2211 Rates on inquiry, parking extra
Hampton Inn - University Center 3315 Hamlet Street Pittsburgh PA 15213 Phone: 412-681-1000 FAX: 412-681-3022 Rates on inquiry, parking extra MUST use Code: PITOK	Residence Inn by Marriott 3896 Bigelow Boulevard Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Phone: 412-621-2200 FAX: 412-621-0955 Rates on inquiry, parking extra Mention: CMU Visitor

Transportation

Many of the hotels near CMU have shuttle transportation to the university available. There are several options available for getting to and from the airport:

Limousine Service

Airport Sedan Service (Larry Waite)
Advance reservations are required, ~$55 each way
Contact Larry Waite, 412-401-LIMO (5466)

Majesty Transportation (Nicole or Stephanie)
Advance reservations are required; ~$50 each way
www.majestyco.com, 412-462-4858 or 1-888-546-6048

Rental Car available at the airport from all the major companies.

Taxi Service (approximately $50 each way)

Checker's Cab: 412-664-5600
Yellow Cab: 412-321-8100

Express Shuttle USA (one way $22-$25, round trip $40-$46). More info on the web.
Leaves the airport inbound toward CMU starting at 9:00 a.m. every hour until 10:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and starting at 10:00 a.m. running until 4 p.m. on Saturdays and 2:00 p.m. on Sundays every two hours.
Leaves the hotels listed below on the hour (M-F) starting at:

Holiday Inn: 5:50 a.m., no reservation required
Wyndham Garden: 6:00 a.m., no reservation required
Hampton Inn: 6:05 a.m., reservations required
does not schedule stops at the Shadyside Inn

Airport Shuttle (PATransit 28X - Airport Flyer) (approximately $2.50 each way)
Leaves CMU from the corner of Forbes and Morewood Avenues every 20 minutes starting at 5:00 a.m., last shuttle at 10:40 p.m. Shuttle leaves the airport from the baggage level starting at 5:45 a.m. approximately every 20 minutes.

Flight Delay Info

Find info on possible delayed flights from the Flight Delay Information - Air Traffic Control System Command Center web page.

Maps

Directions to CMU from the airport and other directions.

General CMU campus map

Detailed map of CMU campus and area

Another CMU campus map

Map of the walk from East Campus Garage to the CIC Building

Location of Hamerschlag Hall, Roberts Hall (Singleton Room) and the CIC building which houses most of PDL's personnel, plus our new Data Center. Most of the PDL folks are on the 2nd floor of CIC.

Map of the walk from Holiday Inn to CMU campus - CIC Bldg. (about a 15 minute walk)

Driving directions to Nemacolin from CMU as well as from the Pittsburgh airport

An interactive map of the Oakland area (the neighborhood in which CMU resides) with links to hundreds of Oakland businesses including restaurants, hotels, shops, entertainment, churches, etc.

Street map of the Shadyside/Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh (CMU's next door neighborhood).

Hotel Shuttle Transportation Service &
Drop-off Directions

All but the Shadyside Inn and University Inn offer scheduled shuttle transportation for their hotel to/from CMU. When you check in at your hotel, please let the front desk know of your need to get to CMU and your desired arrival time. They will inform you what time you should be in the front lobby for the appropriate shuttle. If you choose to use the Shadyside Inn, you should be able to board the CMU Shuttle that passes by the Shadyside Inn and near the University Inn if I provide you with a letter typed on CMU letterhead, indicating that you are a CMU Visitor. CMU Shuttle maps and info: http://www.cmu.edu/police/escort.htm

If you are visiting the CIC Building:

When you check in at your hotel, please let the front desk know of your need to get to CMU and your desired arrival time. They will inform you what time you should be in the front lobby for the appropriate shuttle. Please ask the shuttle driver to drop you off in front of Hamburg Hall. As you depart the shuttle, the CIC Building will be the building directly to the right (west) of Hamburg Hall over the ravine. Turn left up the road between Hamburg and CIC and you will find the main entrance to CIC on your right. Inside, the elevators are to your left and you will find most of the PDL personnel located in offices on the second floor. Greg Ganger is in CIC 2208 (412-268-1297) and Karen Lindenfelser is in CIC 2209 (412-268-6716).

If you are visiting Wean Hall:

When you check in at your hotel, please let the front desk know of your need to get to CMU and your desired arrival time. They will inform you what time you should be in the front lobby for the appropriate shuttle. Please ask the shuttle driver to drop you off at the 1st Floor entrance to Wean Hall. They can enter CMU via (Roberts Drive) off of Frew Street (by Schenley Park and Phipps Conservatory). The driver will need to follow the road between Roberts and Hamerschlag Hall down and around the back of Hamerschlag Hall, past the sidewalk leading up to Hamburg Hall/Forbes Avenue and proceed to the bottom of the hill (you will see parking spots along the sidewalk), and let you off at the stop sign at the bottom of that hill. Please come through the door (1st floor of Wean Hall). Walk to the end of the hall, turn right, and take the elevator to the 8th floor. If you are going directly to the conference room, Wean Hall 8220 can be found in the hallway behind the elevator. Turn right off of the elevator, come to the break in hall, turn right and walk past the white board, turn left at the break in the hall, and follow to the end.

If the shuttle driver is more familiar with coming on to campus off of Forbes Avenue by Hamburg Hall, travelling past Newell Simon Hall, and down the hill towards Doherty Hall, and driving up to the 1st floor of Wean, that is fine too!

If you are visiting Hamerschlag Hall:

When you check in at your hotel, please let the front desk know of your need to get to CMU and your desired arrival time. They will inform you what time you should be in the front lobby for the appropriate shuttle. Please ask the shuttle driver to drop you off at the CMU entrance (Roberts Drive) off of Frew Street (by Schenley Park and Phipps Conservatory). This entrance brings you to the parking lot that is surrounded by Scaife / Porter / Hamerschlag and Roberts Hall(s). Hamerschlag Hall is the building with the circular tower on top of it. You can enter the double-green doors. If you are coming to the D-level, you can take the short flight of stairs you will see to your right, turn right, turn left at the elevator, and enter the wood and glass door. You can also take the elevator down to "D" and enter through the wood and glass door that will be facing you. Go straight through the door and turn right.

If you are visiting Roberts Hall (Singleton Room):

Further instructions, just in case:

Karen Lindenfelser's phone number is (412) 268-6716 -- or just 86716 on campus); Greg Ganger's phone number is (412) 268-1297 -- 81297 on campus.