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Directions
The department and university both maintain Directions Web pages. Take your pick. The LTI page shows where our building is.
- LTI map (department)
- LTI directions (department)
- CMU directions (university)
Bus or Taxi
A taxi from the airport costs $45-50 (including tip) and takes about 30 minutes. Most drivers will know CMU, but in case your driver doesn't, ask to go to Oakland (our neighborhood in Pittsburgh), and ask to be dropped off at Hamburg Hall, 4800 Forbes Avenue (see LTI map). Our building, Newell Simon Hall, is behind Hamburg Hall.
The 28X bus runs from the airport to the university. It costs $2, it takes about an hour, and it makes many stops before reaching CMU (28X schedule, 28X route map). When it finally does reach CMU, it stops across the street from Hamburg Hall (see LTI map). Our building, Newell Simon Hall, is behind Hamburg Hall.
Bus and taxi are more equal when going from CMU to the airport. The 28X bus goes (almost) directly from CMU to the airport, leaving every 15 or 20 minutes (28X schedule, 28X route map). Taxis are slightly more complicated because you or we must call in advance to arrange pickup, and because drivers occasionally get confused about where to pick you up (the driveway in front of Hamburg Hall, 4800 Forbes Avenue, is the most reliable spot).
Parking
The East Campus Garage is your best bet. If you are coming from downtown or the Holiday Inn, it is on Forbes Avenue, on the right, just past the main part of campus. The East Campus Garage is P5 on this map of CMU. It cost $8.00 a day.
There is an official Visitor Parking Web page.
The parking meters near Newell-Simon Hall (P15 on the map) are gone; a new building is being built in that spot.
Hotels
The university's official Accomodations Web page lists many hotels.
Entertainment
- School of Computer Science's Fun stuff page.
- CMU's Things to do in Pittsburgh page.
- The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
- The Carnegie Library's Discover Pittsburgh page.
- The official City of Pittsburgh page. Mostly useless for visitors, but has some current events.
- It's not very entertaining, but it is often useful to know about the Pittsburgh weather.
General Information
The CMU Visitors Web page has everything else you would ever want to know, from CMU history, to local weather conditions.
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This page is maintained by The LTI Webmaster, and was last updated September 23, 2005.