New Brunswick Travel and Lodging Information

Travel to New Brunswick, NJ:

The Rutgers event you'll be attending will take place in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Here's some information on the variety of ways one can arrive here:

By Plane:

If you travel to New Jersey by plane, you should probably fly into Newark Liberty International Airport (1-800-247-7433), as it is the closest large airport to New Brunswick. One could instead fly to New York's LaGuardia International Airport or John F. Kennedy International Airport, or even to Atlantic City International Airport (1-609-645-7895) or Philadelphia International Airport (1-215-937-6937), but this will result in travel to New Brunswick being both more time-consuming and more expensive.

If you fly into EWR, then you will arrive in the A, B or C concourse. Here's a map of the airport. To get around the airport, you will probably need to use the AirTrain. There is no charge for it, and it is easy to find (there are signs for it throughout the airport). The AirTrain leaves every 3 minutes, except between midnight and 5:00am (7:00am on Sundays), when it leaves every 15 minutes. Once at EWR, you'll have several options for getting to New Brunswick.

You can rent a car and drive to New Brunswick. The drive takes approximately 30-45 minutes. To get to the car rental companies: take the AirTrain to Station P3 for Avis (1-800-230-4898), Hertz (1-800-654-3131) or National (1-800-CAR-RENT), or take it to Station P2 for Budget (1-800-527-0700), Dollar (1-800-434-2226), or courtesy vehicles that'll take you to Enterprise (1-800-325-8007).

You can take a cab to New Brunswick, though it will cost roughly $40-$50 one way.

You can take a shuttle from Newark. Where the shuttle drops you off and what the fares are depends on which shuttle you use. The Airporter (1-800-385-4000) costs $27 one-way, and will drop you off in East Brunswick. From there you can take a cab to downtown New Brunswick. The State Shuttle (1-800-427-3207) costs $34 one-way for already scheduled service, and $51 one-way for special service.

I recommend taking the train to New Brunswick instead. To do this, take the AirTrain toward Station P4, but don't get off at that stop. Instead, wait until the last stop, which is the Newark Liberty International Airport Train Station. Once there, you can buy NJRail tickets to New Brunswick, costing $12 one-way. This will take you to the New Brunswick train station, in the middle of downtown New Brunswick. From there, if you need to, you can take a cab wherever you need to go; they pick up passengers right at the bottom of the steps that lead away from the front of the train platform. There is also a free campus bus that travels between the Rutgers campuses in the area, and can take you from the train station to the Philosophy department. (Schedule and route information can be obtained by visiting their website, or by calling 732-932-7744.)

By Train or Bus:

You can also travel to New Brunswick exclusively by train. Which trains you use will depend on where you're travelling from. If you're travelling from New York City, you can take NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line from Penn Station: it takes roughly an hour, and costs $9.50 one-way. You can use the NJRail to arrive from a variety of places; see this map for more information and this site for scheduling info, or call NJ Transit at 1-800-772-2222.

If you're travelling a greater distance, you may instead want to use Amtrak (1-800-USA-RAIL) to get here. If you use Amtrak, you may need to transfer to NJ Transit at some point; you can find information on routes and scheduling, as well as make reservations, online.

Other NJ rail service: the River LINE, serving Camden and Trenton, NJ (1-800-626-7433), the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, serving Bayonne and Jersey City (1-800-772-2222), the Port Authority Transit Corporation, serving Southern NJ and Philadelphia (1-856-968-6865), the Port Authority Trans Hudson, serving Newark to lower Manhattan, and the South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, serving Trenton and Philadelphia (1-215-580-7800).

If you'd prefer, you may also be able to travel by bus. Once again, which bus you take will depend on where you're travelling from. Information about scheduling, fares and terminals, is available from NJ Transit.

By Car:

You can also drive here: By car, New Brunswick is 18 miles from Princeton, 25 miles from Newark, 36 miles from Trenton, 40 miles from NYC, 73 miles from Philadelphia, 95 miles from Atlantic City, 127 miles from Hartford, 142 miles from Baltimore, 153 miles from Albany, NY, 182 miles from Providence, 198 miles from Washington, DC, and 217 miles from Boston. (Info obtained here.)

New Brunswick is accessible via Route 1, Route 18, Route 27 and Livingston Avenue. There are also live traffic reports for NJ online, along with information about some of our major roadways, including the Atlantic City Expressway (1-609-965-6060), the Garden State Parkway (1-732-442-8600), and the New Jersey Turnpike (1-732-247-0900). You can also obtain information on state roads, from the NJ Department of Transportation (1-609-530-2000).

For driving directions, your best bet is to use MapQuest or Yahoo, entering in the specific address you'd like to go to. However, there are also driving directions available here.

Also, as is mentioned on that website, parking is not easy to come by around the Rutgers campuses. However, contrary to what is suggested, I don't think you need to call the Parking and Transportation Services. If you are bringing a car and are concerned about parking (perhaps because, e.g., the site of the Rutgers event is not within walking distance of where you'll be staying), contact me about it. And of course, if you have questions about anything else, please feel free to email me about those things as well.

Also, if you have questions about the Rutgers campuses, you can contact Campus Information Services through their website or by calling 732-932-4636. And there are interactive maps of the Rutgers campuses available online, as well as printable versions.

Links for Lodging and other
New Brunswick Information:

Where you'll stay during your time in New Brunswick will partly depend on why you're coming here. If you're visiting as a prospective student, you'll probably be staying with Rutgers graduate students. If you're coming for a conference, there may be an official conference hotel; if there is, we'll attempt to negotiate a special rate for conference attendees; any information on this will be posted below as it becomes available for each conference.

The Howard Johnson Express (Phone: 732-828-8000, Fax: 732-220-0314) is the official conference hotel for Metaphysical Mayhem in June of 2006. The hotel is located at 26 Route 1 North, which is right by the junction of Route 1 and Route 18. It is about a 3-minute drive from the Rutgers Philosophy department (though unfortunately, there isn't a walkable route between the hotel and the department).

The Hyatt Regency, located at 2 Albany Street (732-873-1234, or 1-800-233-1234), is the official conference hotel for the 2006 Mereology, Topology and Location conference in October, 2006. They are offering a "Rutgers rate" to MTL conference participants and attendees, which is $153 for Friday night, and $109 for each of Saturday and Sunday night (for a room with 1 king-sized bed, or 2 double beds, and not including taxes). To get the Rutgers rate, you'll need to show them an invitation to the conference; I can email these to anyone who's registered for the conference (i.e., anyone whose name appears on the Conference Participants webpage), and I'll have printed copies available for you to pick up on the first day of presentations. The Hyatt is a 2 minute drive from the Philosophy department (if traffic is light), and there are walkable routes between the locations as well. For more information on where the MTL talks are and how to get there from the Hyatt, check out the MTL Schedule page.

Though we don't have an official conference hotel for the January 2007 Rutgers Philosophy of Religion conference, I suggest staying at the University Inn (Phone: 732-932-9144, Fax: 732-932-6952, Email: univinn@rci.rutgers.edu) located at 178 Ryders Lane, which is a very short walking distance of the Rutgers Philosophy department. (All of the RR talks will take place in the Philosophy Department seminar room, so this hotel is in a convenient location.) If you'll be travelling in for the conference and would like to stay at the University Inn, you should call as soon as possible to make your reservation.