Arriving

The venue for SLRF 2007 will be the Illini Union, located at 1401 West Green Street, Urbana. You can find this location in the UIUC campus map.

Getting to Urbana-Champaign

The Champaign Willard Airport (CMI) offers daily flights through American and Northwest airlines. AMTRAK service is also available.

Champaign-Urbana is located on Interstates 72, 74, and 57; 135 miles south of Chicago, Illinois; 180 miles north of St. Louis Missouri; and 120 miles west of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Directions to Campus

You can also arrive by charter bus services from all major airports: Chicago O'Hare, Chicago Midway, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Please use the following links :

Lincoln Land Express (LEX)
1-800-223-9313
http://www.lincolnlandexpress.com/

Suburban Express
217-344-5500
www.suburbanexpress.com

Peoria Charter Coach
1-800-448-0572 ext. 29
http://www.peoriacharter.com/

Within Urbana-Champaign, there is a mass transit system, and the bus schedules are available at the MTD web page. Paper booklets are also available on the buses.

Parking

On Thursday and Friday, metered parking will be available on the streets adjacent to the Illini Union, the conference venue. On Saturday and Sunday, free parking will be available at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts parking garage and at parking lot D21 (located at the corner of W Oregon St and S Gregory St.) Both locations are within walking distance from the Illini Union.

More travel resources are available below.

Links of Interest:

Champaign County Convention and Visitors Bureau
http://www.visitchampaigncounty.org/

Illinois Bureau of Tourism
http://www.enjoyillinois.com/

Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau
http://www.meetinchicago.com/

St. Louis Convention and Visitors Bureau
http://www.explorestlouis.com/

Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association
http://www.indy.org/

Travel Resources:

Airports

Willard Airport
http://www.willardairport.com
217-244-8600

Airlines
Currently Serving Champaign County

American Eagle
(including jet service)
800-433-7300

American Connection
800-433-7300

Mesaba/Northwest Airlink
217-352-1430
800-225-2525

Train Station

Amtrak
Illinois Terminal
45 E. University Avenue, Champaign
217-352-5905
800-USA-RAIL

Mass Transit

Champaign-Urbana MTD
801 E. University Avenue, Urbana
217-384-8188
Customer Service-Illinois Terminal,
45 E. University Avenue, Champaign

Additional Bus Lines to Urbana-Champaign

Baldwin Shuttle
217-351-0676

Bluebird Charter Coach
(Airport service to/from O'Hare/Midway)
800-400-5500

Burlington Trailways
Illinois Terminal
45 E. University, Champaign
217-352-4234

Greyhound
Illinois Terminal
45 E. University, Champaign
217-352-4150

Limousine Service

Airport Express
217-398-6247

Andy's Limousine Service
217-352-3859

Lex-Lincolnland Express
(Service to Indianapolis International Airport)
217-352-6682

Elite Limousine
217-337-5616

Illini Limo
217-384-5892

NCS Limousine
217-384-5892

Starr Limousine
Sedan, limo and coach service
217-356-3999

Taxi Cabs

A&L Taxi
217-621-9906

Checker Cab Co.
217-355-0200

Mommy's Cab, Inc.
217-344-8731

Old Timer's Taxi
217-202-9768

Yellow Cab Co.
217-355-3553

Car Rental

Avis
217-359-5441

Enterprise
217-351-1400/217-355-1300

Hertz
217-359-5413

National Car Rental
217-352-2775
217-359-5259