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2018 DDA Meeting - Logistics

Location

Four Points by Sheraton San Jose Airport [1]

1471 N 4th St, San Jose, CA 95112

Map [2]

Travel Information

  • From San Jose Airport (SJC) The hotel is only 2 miles from the terminals and has a free guest shuttle. You can use shuttle telephones at baggage claim or call the hotel at 408-452-0200. Walking is not recommeneded as there may not be sidewalks everywhere.  
  • From San Francisco Airport (SFO) The hotel is 35 miles from SFO and ground transportation can be expensive (Taxi is >$100, Lyft >$50) if you do not plan to rent a car. If you have time, we recommend taking BART [3] train from SFO to Millbrae (during weekday business hours you need to tranfer at San Bruno, but there is direct SFO-Millbrae train on weekends and nights, cost is $4). Then you need to take Caltrain [4] southbound to San Jose Diridon station (takes about an hour, costs about $8). From there you can take Mountain View bound VTA light rail [5] to Gish [6] stop (costs $2), 6 minutes walk from the hotel. Alternatively, you can take free VTA #10 [7] bus from Santa Clara Caltrain station (one before SJ Diridon) to San Jose airport (and then call the hotel shuttle), or all the way to Metro/Airport [8] stop which is 15 minutes walk from the hotel. Both Santa Clara and San Jose Diridon Caltrain stations are only 3-4 miles from the hotel if you want to take Taxi/Uber/Lyft.
  • From San Jose Amtrak Station Amtrak trains also stop at San Jose Diridon Station, which is only about 3 miles from the hotel. You can take Mountain View bound VTA light rail [5] to Gish [6] stop, 6 minutes walk from the hotel.
  • Public Transit in San Jose Both Winchester-Mountain View [5] and Santa Teresa-Alum Rock [9] light rail lines serve the Gish [6] stop which is 6 mnutes walk from the hotel. Any southbound train will take you to San Jose Japantown [10] (Japantown/Ayer stop) or Downtown [11] (Santa Clara, San Antonio or Convention Center light rail stops). VTA one-way fare is $2. BART, Caltrain and VTA all accept Clipper cards [12].

 


Source URL: https://dda.aas.org/meetings/2018/logistics

Links
[1] http://www.fourpointssanjoseairport.com/
[2] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Four+Points+by+Sheraton+San+Jose+Airport/@37.3646957,-121.9082099,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xd160a4aa5b9765b5!8m2!3d37.3646957!4d-121.9082099
[3] https://www.bart.gov/schedules/byline
[4] http://www.caltrain.com/schedules.html
[5] http://www.vta.org/routes/rt902
[6] https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gish+Station+(0),+San+Jose,+CA/Four+Points+by+Sheraton+San+Jose+Airport,+1471+N+4th+St,+San+Jose,+CA+95112/@37.3633215,-121.9094185,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m16!4m15!1m5!1m1!1s0x808fcb8f784b6673:0xc5ed97412fc703be!2m2!1d-121.910061!2d37.3623904!1m5!1m1!1s0x808fcb8f25038b69:0xd160a4aa5b9765b5!2m2!1d-121.9082099!2d37.3646957!2m1!1b1!3e2
[7] http://www.vta.org/routes/rt10
[8] https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Four+Points+by+Sheraton+San+Jose+Airport,+1471+N+4th+St,+San+Jose,+CA+95112/1st+%26+Metro+@+LR+Station,+San+Jose,+CA+95110/@37.3678772,-121.9144113,17z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x808fcb8f25038b69:0xd160a4aa5b9765b5!2m2!1d-121.9082099!2d37.3646957!1m5!1m1!1s0x808fcb92d5a89179:0x841fc54c5be30bc!2m2!1d-121.9159701!2d37.3697815!3e2!5i1
[9] http://www.vta.org/routes/rt901
[10] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Japantown,+San+Jose,+CA+95112/@37.3489612,-121.8982565,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x808fcc83d011c4cd:0xa5fefbd335bdc1b2!8m2!3d37.3494618!4d-121.8939705
[11] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Downtown+San+Jose,+San+Jose,+CA/@37.3316575,-121.9053913,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x808fcca3f83c3049:0x33f11bbbc2fa2490!8m2!3d37.3350932!4d-121.8928807
[12] https://www.clippercard.com/ClipperWeb/index.do