General Travel Information
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GENERAL TRAVEL INFORMATION: Yolo County Visitors Bureau The Yolo County Visitors Bureau provides information on other hotels as well as activities in the area. Air Travel The closest major airport to Davis is the Sacramento International Airport (SMF). Many major airlines fly in and out of this airport. For more information: http://www.sacramento.aero/smf/. Most of the major rental car agencies are available at SMF: http://www.sacramento.aero/smf/to_and_from/rental_car/. Driving directions from SMF to UC Davis: Take Interstate 5 South towards Sacramento to Interstate 80 West towards San Francisco. Exit UC Davis (Exit #71). Turn right onto Old Davis Road. Continue straight, go through the traffic circle and keep to the right, past the Robert Mondavi Institute of Food and Wine Science on your right. Turn right on Hilgard Lane to get to the parking structure or Parking Lots 1 or 2. Look for restriction signs and park in an appropriate space and display a purchased parking permit on the driver’s of your dashboard . It is about a five-minute walk from parking to the Conference Center (east side of the grassy area and waterfall). Attendees can also fly in to: San Francisco International (SFO) http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/index.jsp) OR Oakland International Airport (OAK) http://www.flyoakland.com/) …and then rent a car and drive to Davis: SFO – Davis: 85 miles via US 101-North to Interstate 80-East (cross two toll bridges). OAK – Davis: 78 miles via Interstate 880-North to Interstate 980-East to Interstate 580-West to Interstate 80-East (cross one toll bridge). Ground Travel The UC Davis Conference Center is located in the beautiful South Entry area of the campus with easy freeway access from Interstate 80 and California 113. Visitor parking on campus is $8 per day (exact cash, Visa, MasterCard). The closest parking is in the South Entry Parking Structure and in Lot VP 1 and Lot VP 2. A campus map site is available at: http://campusmap.ucdavis.edu/. Directions to the UC Davis Conference Center: http://cru.ucdavis.edu/content.cfm?contentID=339 Airport Shuttles Davis Airporter – Serves SMF and SFO: http://www.davisairporter.com/ SuperShuttle – Serves SMF: http://www.supershuttle.com/ Amtrak -- Take the train to Davis, then walk or ride your bike to campus! Unitrans – The student-run bus company that serves UC Davis and the City of Davis: http://unitrans.ucdavis.edu/. Yolobus -- Check out the Routes 42A and 42B that serve the Memorial Union Terminal on campus (about a 25-minute walk from the venues). Mapquest -- Use this link to plot your walking or bike route to the events Local Information The portal for all things UC Davis is: http://www.ucdavis.edu/index.html. Campus Map: http://campusmap.ucdavis.edu/. The main website for the City of Davis is: http://cityofdavis.org/. Davis Weather: http://www.weather.com/weather/today/USCA0284. .