Travel

Transportation will be provided from each participating hotel to the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill at the beginning and end of each day.

See the routes and timetables for buses to and from hotels, Monday-Wednesday.

The iConference will be held at the The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education on 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, which is off Highway 54 East, also known as Raleigh Road. Turn left at the intersection across the highway from Meadowmont. The Courtyard by Marriott Chapel Hill is on the immediate left corner. The Friday Center is on the right side of the drive. It's approximately a 20 minute drive from the Raleigh/Durham Airport.

For a map, please access the conference center's Web site

Traveling to North Carolina by Plane

Airport

Raleigh-Durham International Airport
1000 Trade Dr, (Interstate 40 at Exits 284 and 285)
RDU Airport
phone (919) 840-2123
Open daily, 24 hours. Located about 20 mins. east of Chapel Hill. More than 20 airline companies (nine major and 12 regional carriers) provide direct service to 40 cities in the U.S., Canada and London.
For information about airport parking, call (919) 840-2140.


Airline Companies

  • Air Canada -- (888) 247-2262
  • AirTran Airlines -- (800) 247-8726
  • American Airlines -- (800) 433-7300
  • American Eagle -- (800) 433-7300
  • Continental Airlines -- (800) 523-3273
  • Delta Airlines -- (800) 221-1212
  • Delta Connection -- (800) 221-1212
  • Jet Blue -- (800) 538-2583
  • Northwest Airlines -- (800) 225-2525
  • Southwest Airlines -- (800) 435-9792
  • United Airlines -- (800) 864-8331
  • US Airways -- (800) 428-4322
  • US Airways Express -- (800) 428-4322

By car or taxi

From Washington, D.C.

Take Interstate 95 south to Interstate 85 south at Petersburg, VA. When you get to Durham, N.C., pick up U.S. Highway 15-501 Bypass at Exit 174--not 15-501 Business (which goes through downtown Durham, although it will merge again with "the bypass"). Once you're on the bypass, continue south to Chapel Hill past Interstate 40.
As you approach Chapel Hill, the road will split, with US 15-501 bearing to the left toward Carrboro and Pittsboro, and East Franklin Street bearing to the right. Take Franklin Street to downtown Chapel Hill (with access to the University of North Carolina campus).

From Atlanta

Take Interstate 85 north to Charlotte and Greensboro. In Greensboro, the highway becomes Interstate 40 and Interstate 85. After you pass Mebane, take Exit 259 for Interstate 40 to Chapel Hill. Get off at Exit 266 for Chapel Hill and turn right onto NC Highway 86, which will become Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and then Columbia St. Turn left onto Cameron to enter the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.

From Ashville

Take Interstate 40 to Greensboro, then follow the same directions under From Atlanta above.

From Raleigh

Take Interstate 40 to Exit 273A, which will put you on NC Highway 54 westbound toward Chapel Hill. NC 54 will become Raleigh Road at the intersection of US Highway 15-501. Stay on Raleigh Road, which will become South Road at the entrance to the University of North Carolina campus.

Airport shuttles, limousine, car services and taxis

Chapel Hill & Carrboro:

  • Airport and Intown Taxi -- (919) 942-4492
  • Airport Straight Taxi -- (919) 933-3396
  • Airport Taxi -- (919) 942-4598
  • Destiny Transportation -- (919) 968-1139
  • Tar Heel Taxi -- (919) 933-1255
  • EZ Taxi Chapel Hill -- (919) 932-4687
  • Kephar -- (919) 882-6555
  • King Limo and Shuttle – (919) 427-9959
  • RDU Airport Taxi -- (919) 840-7277
  • Tar Heel Taxi -- (919) 933-1255
  • University Transportation – (919) 599-5540

Hillsborough:

  • Angels on Wheels -- (919) 644-7854
  • Doc's Taxi & Transportation -- (919) 643-1843

Limousine and car services

  • Ambassador Car Service -- (919) 656-2595 or (919) 656-7436
  • Capital Style -- (919) 460-1230
  • Carolina Livery -- (919) 544-5828
  • Gold Coach -- (919) 471-9000

Auto Rental (local)

  • Enterprise Rent-a-Car, 1400 East Franklin St, Chapel Hill; toll-free (800) 736-8222; phone (919) 967-5128.
  • University Ford Rental, 102 Ephesus Church Rd, Chapel Hill; phone (919) 929-0328.

Town and University Parking

Town of Chapel Hill Parking Services Division, 150 East Rosemary St, Chapel Hill; phone (919) 968-2758.
Office open Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5pm.
The Town of Chapel Hill offers more than 850 parking spaces throughout the central business district. Rates in the staffed facilities are $.65 per half hour (first 4 hours), $1.30 per hour (4-6 hours) and $1.80 per hour (over six hours). Additional charges may apply. The metered and pay-station rate is $1 per hour.

By Train or Bus

Passenger Rail

Amtrak / NC DOT
Toll-free (800) 872-7245.
Operated jointly by the National Railway Transportation Corporation and the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The closest intrastate stations are in Burlington, Cary and Durham, which offer connections to the interstate station in Raleigh for travel up and down the east coast and to other cities.

Bus Service (intercity)

Greyhound and Carolina Trailways
Toll-free (800) 229-9424.
Bus service is provided from terminals in Raleigh and Greensboro to other major cities in North Carolina and the rest of the U.S.

Triangle Transit Authority

4600 Emperor Blvd., #100; Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; phone (919) 485-7433.
Provides airport shuttle and regular bus service among Chapel Hill, Durham, the Research Triangle Park and Raleigh, with connections to their local bus systems. For more information, visit TTA.

Orange Public Transportation

300 West Tryon St; Hillsborough, NC 27278; phone (919) 245-2008.
Provides regular bus service on selected routes between northern Orange County and downtown Hillsborough and Chapel Hill (central business district, University of North Carolina and UNC Hospitals). Most fares are 50¢ in city and $1 between cities.

Bus Service (local)

Chapel Hill Transit
405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (NC Highway 86 North), Chapel Hill; phone (919) 969-4900.
Operates Mon.-Fri., 6am-8pm (with some evening and weekend service); closed on Town holidays. A cooperative agency of the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and the University of North Carolina that operates local public transit services around Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the UNC campus and from five Park-and-Ride lots listed below. All rides are free.

  • Carrboro Plaza Shopping Center -- Intersection of NC Highway 54 West and West Main St.(/li>
  • Eubanks Rd -- Off NC Highway 86 North, just south of the eastbound exit (266) of Interstate 40.
  • Friday Center for Continuing Education -- Friday Center Dr, off NC Highway 54 East.
  • Jones Ferry Rd -- At the intersection of Old Fayetteville Rd.
  • Southern Village -- Off US Highway 15-501 South, 3/4-mi. south of NC Highway 54 West.