{"id":23,"date":"2019-06-14T21:16:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T21:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.physics.wisc.edu\/cpad2019\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-05-11T04:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:21:58","slug":"travel-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.physics.wisc.edu\/cpad2019\/travel-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Information"},"content":{"rendered":"

Travel Information<\/h1>\n\n\n
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By Plane<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Madison:<\/strong> The Dane County Regional Airport is located 4 miles northeast of downtown Madison. You can continue to the meeting site via taxi, which will cost approximately $12.00. Please visit www.msnairport.com<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee:<\/strong> The General Mitchell International Airport (www.mitchellairport.com<\/a>) is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, approximately 75 miles east of Madison. You may continue to Madison via car or bus. Please see below for more information on car and bus travel.<\/p>\n

Chicago:<\/strong> Chicago, Illinois is located 150 miles southeast of Madison and has two international airports: Midway International Airport and O’Hare International Airport. Both airports can be found by visiting www.flychicago.com\/ohare\/home\/pages\/default.aspx<\/a> – passengers can continue to Madison via car or bus: please see below for additional information on both options.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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By Bus<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Milwaukee:<\/strong> The Badger Coach Bus Line runs six trips daily from Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport directly to the Madison Meeting Site for $23 one way. Travel time is approximately 2 hours. Please call (608) 276-7490 for more information or visit www.badgerbus.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Chicago:<\/strong> The Van Galder Bus Company runs several times daily from both O’Hare and Midway Airports, directly to the Madison meeting site. The one-way fare is currently $30-$32 and travel time is approximately 3.5 hours. Please call (800) 747-0994 for more information or visit www.vangalderbus.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Minneapolis:<\/strong> Megabus runs between Downtown Minneapolis and Madison, $30 one way for a 5.5 hour trip, 4 times a day. Visit us.megabus.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Greyhound bus lines also run to Madison. Please call (800) 231-2222 for fare and schedule information, or visit www.greyhound.com<\/a>. Taxis are available at the bus terminal, which is approximately 0.5 miles from the Union.<\/p>\n

By Car<\/span><\/p>\n

Madison lies approximately 150 miles northwest of Chicago (3 hour drive), 75 miles west of Milwaukee (1.5 hour drive) and 270 miles southeast of Minneapolis (4 hour drive).<\/p>\n

Parking: Parking in Madison is limited, and generally paid downtown.<\/p>\n

Taxi Services<\/span><\/p>\n

Individuals arriving\/departing will need to arrange for their own transportation to the Dane County Airport in Madison. Below is a listing of taxi cab companies in Madison. Lyft and Uber services are also available in Madison.<\/p>\n

Union Cab:<\/strong> (608) 242-2000 or www.unioncab.com<\/a>
\nGreen Cab:<\/strong> (608) 255-1234 or www.greencabofmadison.com<\/a>
\nMadison Taxi:<\/strong> (608) 255-8294 or toll free at 1 (800) 894-3866 or www.madtaxi.com<\/a>
\nBadger Cab:<\/strong> (608) 256-5566 or www.badgercab.com<\/a><\/p>\n

By Train
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Unfortunately, Madison is not on a major train line. Please see above for alternative transportation methods to the meeting site.<\/p>\n

Car Rental<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Downtown Madison is very walkable, but if you need a car:<\/span><\/p>\n


\nAlamo:<\/strong> (608) 249-1449\/(800) 462-5266
\nAVIS:<\/strong> (608) 242-2442\/(800) 831-2847
\nBudget:<\/strong> (608) 249-5544\/(800) 527-0700
\nDollar:<\/strong> (608) 661-4941\/(800) 800-4000
\nEnterprise:<\/strong> (608) 661-4900\/(800) 325-8007
\nHertz:<\/strong> (608) 241-3803\/(800) 654-3131
\nNational:<\/strong> (608) 249-1614\/(800) 227-7368
\nThrifty:<\/strong> (608) 661-4940\/(800) 847-4389<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Plane Madison:\u00a0The Dane County Regional Airport is located 4 miles northeast of downtown Madison. You can continue to the meeting site via taxi, which will cost approximately $12.00. Please visit\u00a0www.msnairport.com\u00a0for more information. Milwaukee:\u00a0The General Mitchell International Airport (www.mitchellairport.com) is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, approximately 75 miles east of Madison. You may continue to Madison…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uw_migration_status":"complete","_uw_gutenberg_post_content_before_migration":"","_uw_seo_meta_title":"","_uw_seo_meta_description":"","_uw_seo_twitter_card_type":"","_uw_seo_meta_image":"","_uw_seo_meta_image_url":"","_uw_seo_meta_image_sizes":[],"_uw_seo_custom_meta_tags":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.physics.wisc.edu\/cpad2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.physics.wisc.edu\/cpad2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.physics.wisc.edu\/cpad2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.physics.wisc.edu\/cpad2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.physics.wisc.edu\/cpad2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wp.physics.wisc.edu\/cpad2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/wp.physics.wisc.edu\/cpad2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.physics.wisc.edu\/cpad2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}