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Transportation

Modes of Transport

You can fly into Logan International Airport; take the Amtrak; take a bus, including the $15 Chinatown bus from New York City; or drive a car. There is free parking at the Hyatt Place and Springstep. The subway system within Boston is good and can take you within walking distance of the Thursday milonga at MIT, but you'll need to either drive or take a bus to get to Medford for Springstep and the Hyatt Place.

Once you've made it into Boston, you can get around by car, subway and bus, or by cab. A cab from Logan airport to Medford (for Springstep and the Hyatt Place) should cost about $30. Read on for driving directions and public transportation routes to the festival venues.

If you have any questions about getting to or around Boston, contact our hospitality chair, Juliet Droege, at <jltdrg at yahoo.com>, or 919-672-5843.

Important Addresses

MIT, Lobdell Hall, 2nd floor Stratton Student Center, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge Map Here
Springstep, 99 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford MapHere
Hyatt Place, 116 Riverside Avenue, Medford Map Here

Driving Directions

To MIT-

Click Here for Campus Map

Check Google maps for driving directions from everywhere ("84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge" is your end point). Limited street parking is available on Vassar Street and Massachusetts Avenue. There are also some Pay garages.

To Springstep and Hyatt Place -

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Springstep and Hyatt Place are right by the Medford City Hall, and next to exit 32 off I-93. Take I-93 to Exit 32 (Route 60). If coming from Logan Airport or Boston/Cambridge then get onto I-93 N.
From I-93 N: At the bottom of the exit ramp, enter the rotary and take the 3rd exit onto RT-60 W/ Salem St heading to Medford Square/Arlington.
From I-93 S: At the bottom of the exit ramp, enter the rotary and take the 1st exit onto RT-60 W/ Salem St heading to Medford Square/Arlington.
As you're about to exit the rotary you can see Springstep on your left. Take your first left onto River Street. At the end of the block turn left onto Riverside Avenue. Turn left onto Clipper Ship Drive. Hyatt Place is just to your right and Springstep is straight ahead. You can pretty much park anywhere you see -- in the spots under and in front of the building, along the street, or in the municipal lots nearby. If you're staying at the hotel, park in the hotel lot.

Public Transportation

To MIT and Medford (Springstep and Hyatt Place) -

To take public transportation from Logan Airport to MIT or to Medford for Springstep and the Hyatt Place, jump onto a Silver Line bus to South Station. At South Station, follow the directions below as if you arrived on a bus. Most buses arriving in Boston will drop you off at South Station. South Station is also one of the major subway (called the "T" here) stops, so it's easy to continue on public transportation from there.

Here's the route the MBTA Trip Planner suggests to get to MIT and Medford from South Station:
- Take the Red Line outbound, towards Alewife.
- For MIT, get off at the Central Square stop and follow the On Foot directions below.
- For Medford, get off the T at Davis Square and get onto bus 94 at the Davis Square Busway. Get off the bus at the end of the line in Medford Square. Springstep is a block away to the East, and the Hyatt Place is another block past Springstep to the South. The Trip Planner suggests that it should take you about 45 minutes from South Station to get to Medford Square.

Please note that public transportation does not run in the wee hours of the night. It stops around 12 or 1am and resumes service between 5 and 6am, so if you're planning on relying on public transportation, do consult the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority website to plan your trips.

Here are some good Medford bus routes:
Bus Route 94 — Medford Square and Davis Square Station (Red Line of the T)
Bus Route 96 — Medford Square and Harvard Station (Red Line of the T)
Bus Route 101 — Malden Center Station and Sullivan Square Station (Orange Line of the T)
Bus Route 134 — North Woburn and Wellington Station (Orange Line of the T)
Bus Route 326 — West Medford and Haymarket Station (Orange Line of the T)

Continuing On Foot

To MIT

The nearest T stop is Central Square on the Red Line. To get to the Student Center from Central Square, walk South on Massachusetts Avenue for about 10-15 minutes. When you get to Vassar Street, you're at MIT. On the right side of the street just ahead you'll see a low 1970s building - that's the Student Center. You'll know it's the correct building if you see a big, beautiful old building with 2-story high columns just across the street. The milonga is on the second floor, so head up the stairs.

To Springstep and Hyatt Place -

All of the buses listed above have a stop within a block or two of Springstep and the Hyatt Place. Some of them drop you off on Salem St. and some on Riverside Ave. When planning your bus trip be sure to note where the bus drops you off and then consult the map to orient yourself.