Smart Cycling 2009:
Travel & Logistical Info

June 18-20, 2009
San Jose, California

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Conference Location

The official hotel of the Smart Cycling 2009 Conference is the Holiday Inn San Jose, located at 1740 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95112. We have reserved a block of rooms with a great room rate of just $89 for 2 people plus $20 for each additional — up to 4 total. To make reservations, contact the hotel directly at 408-793-3300 and reference the League of American Bicyclists. Register today or click here for a printable registration form.

Alternate Hotels

Fairfield Inn & Suites San Jose Airport
1755 North First Street (1 block from Holiday Inn)

Radisson Plaza Hotel San Jose Airport
1471 N 4th St (3 blocks from Holiday Inn)

Doubletree Hotel San Jose
2050 Gateway Place(4 blocks from Holiday Inn)

Staybridge Suites-San Jose
1602 Crane Ct. (6 blocks from Holiday Inn)

Comfort Suites San Jose Airport
(1.5 blocks from Holiday Inn)

For more lodging options, click here.

Airport & Transit to Hotels

Mineta San José International Airport

• Ground Transportation: The Airport offers several modes of transport; including buses, shuttles, taxis and limousines.

• Train: Caltrain runs express and partial-express trains during peak hours, which get you along the Calif. peninsula. There is substantial on-board bike capacity, which Caltrain is about to increase further, and if you're staying on the Peninsula (between San Francisco and San Jose) it's quite a bike experience to use the bike cars. To get to the Holiday Inn, get off at the downtown San Jose (Diridon) station and either ride from there or hopping on Light Rail.

Light Rail trains accommodate 6 bikes per car (4 vertically on hooks, 2 hand-held in front of seated cyclists); trains are 2-car. Light Rail is a separate ticket from Caltrain; there are no free transfers.

• Taxi: San Jose has many taxi cab services to choose from. The standard fare from the airport to downtown runs about $18 one way.

• Bus: Take VTA's free Line 10 Airport Flyer bus through the airport to its endpoint stop on First Street. The Holiday Inn is directly across the street from Line 10's easternmost stop. All VTA buses have 2-bike front racks, and the Line 10 Flyer has an large inside luggage rack for suitcases and duffels.

• Google Transit Trip Planner

Traveling by car

If you are driving to San Jose and want to keep your car close, most of the hotels have ground level or garage parking. All of the events will take place at or near the Holiday Inn so you will be able to park your car and walk or ride most everywhere.

Bike Storage

The Holiday Inn has an outdoor locked chainlink enclosure and bicycles can be taken into the rooms.

Getting Around

San Jose Interactive Map

By bus: Visit VTA for San Jose's bus schedule and routes.

By bike: Visit the city of San Jose's website for their bike map or VTA's website for an interactive bike map.

Other things to see and do

San Jose is never short of things to do. For ideas, visit the San Jose Downtown Association or San Jose Convention and Visitor's Bureau.