LOGISTICS

DETAILS FOR ARRIVAL, PARKING AND ACCOMMODATION

Location of Conference

The Kresge Auditorium
48 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02139

 

Hotels Near MIT

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
(617) 492-1234

Le Meridien (formerly [email protected])
20 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 577-0200

Boston Marriott Cambridge
2 Cambridge Ctr, Cambridge, MA
(617) 494-6600

Radisson Hotel Cambridge Boston
777 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA
(617) 492-7777

Hotel Marlowe
25 Edwin H Land Blvd, Cambridge, MA
(617) 868-8000

Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston/Cambridge
5 Cambridge Pkwy, Cambridge, MA
(617) 806-4200

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Directions to MIT Kresge Auditorium

From South:
Follow Rt. 3N or Rt. 95N to I-93N. Take Storrow Dr West, to the Massachusetts Ave., Rt.2A/N exit. Go right off of exit, over bridge. At second light, turn left into Amherst Alley. Kresge Auditorium is to your right.

Please be aware that there is no parking directly at the venue. See below for parking options.

From West:
I-90 East (Mass Pike) to Exit 18,Cambridge/Somerville. Straight over bridge, turn right onto Memorial Drive. Turn left into Aubrey Street, just past the Hyatt Hotel. Turn right onto Vassar Street. Continue to Massachusetts Ave. Turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue. Turn right into Amherst Alley. Kresge Auditorium is to your right.

Please be aware that there is no parking directly at the venue. See below for parking options.

From North:
Follow 95S to 93S. Take Storrow Dr West, to the Massachusetts Ave., Rt.2A/N exit. Go right off of exit, over bridge. At second light, turn left into Amherst Alley. Kresge Auditorium is to your right.

Please be aware that there is no parking directly at the venue. See below for parking options.

From Logan International Airport:
Follow signs through Sumner tunnel to Storrow Dr. West, to the Massachusetts Ave., Rt.2A/N exit. Go right off of exit, over bridge. At second light, turn left into Amherst Alley. Kresge Auditorium is to your right.

Please be aware that there is no parking directly at the venue. See below for parking options.

Via Public Transportation

From Subway Red Line:
From Boston or South: Take the Red Line to Kendall/MIT Square Station. Exit to street level. Take the CT2 Ruggles via MIT/Kendall bus to 77 Massachusetts Ave. Kresge Auditorium will be on your right. Alternately, you may walk by continuing on Main until Vassar Street. Turn Left, walk to Massachusetts Avenue. Turn left onto Massachusetts Avenue. Turn right into campus at 77 Massachusetts Avenue. Kresge Auditorium is across the open grass space on your left. It is a 10-12 minute walk.

From Harvard or Alewife Stations:
Take the Red Line to Central Square Station. Exit to street level. Take the CT1 BU Medical Center or the #1 Dudley Station via Mass Ave bus to 77 Massachusetts Avenue. Kresge Auditorium will be on your right.

From Subway Green Line:
Take the Green Line B, C or D trains to Hynes Convention Center/Massachusetts Ave stop. Exit the station and at the street take the #1 Harvard via Mass Ave bus or the CT1 Central Square Cambridge bus toward Cambridge and across the Mass Ave/Harvard Bridge to 77 Massachusetts Ave. Kresge Auditorium will be on your left.

Additional information about taking public transportation may be found at http://www.mbta.com/.

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Parking / Shuttle

AM
7:15-9:00AM 80 Lansdowne St Parking Garage, Cambridge to Kresge Auditorium

PM
6:00PM -7:30PM Kresge Auditorium to 80 Lansdowne St Parking Garage.

Parking near the MIT campus

As an urban campus, there is no conference parking available on the MIT campus.

We encourage arriving by public transportation if possible, but if you wish to drive, the following public parking facilities are in the MIT area and may be used by visitors at MIT. Since rates are subject to change, please call for current rates.

80 Landsdowne St Garage

We have made arrangements for a special $10.00 parking rate at the 80 Landsdowne St garage. Parking rate at the garage is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The rate is not available for overnight or valet parking.

Directions to the 80 Landsdowne St Garage (enter on Green Street)

• Head northwest on Massachusetts Ave/RT-2A away from the Charles River (0.3 mile)
• Turn left at Landsdowne St (0.1 mile)
• Destination will be on the left

    

Details on the parking process at the 80 Landsdowne St Garage.
(Please note these instructions carefully.)

Instructions for payment. The garage has an automated payment system.

• When you park at the garage, get a ticket from the garage upon entry, as normal.
• Show that ticket when registering for the event.
• We will give you a validation ticket.
• Upon returning to your vehicle, insert the original ticket you received from the garage. When you are asked to pay, insert the validation coupon and then your payment of $10.00.

Additional parking lots are located as follows:

Public parking is available at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (575 Memorial Drive). Rates are approximately $20 per day.

Mass Ave and Vassar St. Lot
139 Mass. Ave.
617-258-8232

Four Cambridge Ctr., Kinney System
(Entrance on Ames St. or Broadway)
617-492-1956

10 Cambridge Center, Kinney System
Binney St. Off Broadway
617-621-3115

University Park
Green and Sidney Sts
617-621-8023

MIT Facilities has more information and a list of local parking facilities HERE.

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