Transportation to get to Tucson...
You can take a Greyhound (1-800-231-2222) or Amtrak (1-800-872-7245,
Amtrak.com). We're on Amtrak's Texas Eagle Route, with connections
from LA and San Antonio. If you drive your own vehicle, we are about 2
miles off of I-10, Speedway exit to 4th Avenue for our venue at the YWCA, or to Euclid for the dorms.
For flights, there is
Airlines that service the Tucson International Airport:
Another option is flight into the Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix, which is a major hub, and a 2 hour, $30 shuttle to Tucson, that comes right to the edge of campus. Arizona Shuttle Service from PHX / SkyHarbor to campus
1-800-888-2748.
Arizona Stagecoach is the shuttle from Tucson Intl
to campus. And, as I said, SunTran bus for $1 takes you to campus.
Transfer at 6th St, to go W to within a short block of the dorm. Or catch a CatTran (free). Or walk across the campus.
From the Tucson airport, there is regular SunTran bus service from 4:49am to 7:19pm, every half hour on weekdays, on the hour on weekends. $2 buys a Day Pass, or $1 a one way. Take the #6 bus to campus, with a stop (but no bus change) downtown. There are also some hotel shuttles, or the on-call shuttle is $18 each way, or cabs typically run $30. We may be able to arrange some volunteer pick-ups.
Transportation services around Tucson
Public Transportation: SunTran. $2 buys a SunTran Day Pass, or $1 a one way. The buses are air conditioned, accessible (incl wheelchairs), and have bike racks on the outside front. They run on 20 min/ half hour schedule on weekdays, on the half/ hour schedule on weekends.
Taxis are on call, but not often on prowl. Our favorite is Yellow Cab, 624-6611, with Green Party member Chuck Irwin at the wheel).
But everything is in walking distance for healthy, able individuals.
Bicycles can be rented for $40/day from FairWheels, which is close to campus, and on a bus route (bus bike holders are in the cow-catch position). There are bike lanes, and drivers are used to bicyclists in this area of town. We have been rated as "bike friendly" by national bicyclist organizations.
Walkers and bicyclists should be aware of weather as a factor. Always
carry water and rehydrate. In early July it will probably be dry-- it
never rains before San Juan's day, June 24. Dry means single digit
humidity. By the end of July, we'll be in the monsoons, or Chubascos.
The typical pattern is afternoon rain, hard, welcome, cooling, cleaning the dust that you didn't even notice off of everything the eye sees, and making the air taste sweet. We've been in drought times, brought on by global warming, so the weather patterns that have held for centuries-- perhaps millennia-- are askew. But this is what we expect.
The temperatures will likely dance on both sides of 100, with a dip down to the 70's in the night. No joke. Natives adapt.
And there are several car rental outfits, should people have special needs, or want to tour the area's rich ecological diversity. Enterprise Car Rental (1-800-736-8222) is just a few blocks from our venue, and several others are at the Airport. There are also numerous local tour companies.
For what to see, take a look at the page on environment.
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