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Travel Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The entire CYPSY24 Conference will be held at Norfolk State University, located in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. The organizing committee encourages you to book a room before March 31st, 2019 to benefit from the conference special rate, and because this area is a summertime tourist destination and hotels in both downtown Norfolk and the Virginia Beach oceanfront (20 minute drive) fill up quickly for the end of June.<\/p>\n

Getting Around in Norfolk:
\n<\/strong>Norfolk Tide Light Rail<\/a>
\nHampton Roads Transit (public transportation)<\/a>
\nUber<\/a> \/ Lyft<\/a>
\nNorfolk Checker Taxi<\/a>
\nBlack and White Cabs<\/a>
\nApp-a-Cab<\/a><\/p>\n

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Conference Lodging
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\"HiltonLodging is conveniently located in the Downtown area of Norfolk, just minutes away from the campus by public transit or taxi \/ Uber. The conference hotel is the\u00a0Hilton Main in Downtown Norfolk<\/a>, which is only a few short minutes on the light rail from the campus. Room rates of $175 will be available for Monday June 24 and Tuesday June 25, as well as a limited number of rooms for Wednesday June 26 (first come, first served basis). The room rate is guaranteed through May 25.<\/p>\n

Reservations with the conference rate can be made here<\/a>.\u00a0There are several other <\/span>hotels in the downtown<\/a> Norfolk area and surrounding Norfolk and Virginia Beach areas should rooms at the Main sell out or if you prefer a budget hotel. Keep in mind, June and July is peak tourist season in this part of Virginia! <\/span>The downtown area is serviced by both bus and light rail, and we recommend using\u00a0The Tide\u00a0<\/em>light rail<\/a> for fast, convenient, and inexpensive service.Train tickets are purchased from machines at the station. There are no attendants at the stations, so checking the website<\/a> ahead of time is recommended if you have any concerns. For hotels outside of the downtown area, there may be city buses<\/a> available that run throughout the region, but they may not be easily accessible to get to the campus.<\/p>\n

There is a Tide station within a 5 minute walk from the hotel (MacArthur Square Station) and a stop directly adjacent to the campus (NSU Station), which is a little over a 5 minute walk to the area of campus where the conference will be held. The hotel and campus are three stations apart (about 10 minutes), making for a short and easy morning travel to the conference. Door to door, the commute is about 1.5 miles (about 2.4 km). The light rail schedule can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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