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Information For Your Visit
to Long Beach

FLYING TO LONG BEACH
The airport nearest to the hotel and the Chancellor's Office is the Long Beach Airport. Their website provides links to the carriers that serve the airport. Jet Blue's Oakland-Long Beach flight is a bargain, and the Long Beach airport is much easier to navigage than LAX.

There is also LAX, which is about 22 miles from the Chancellor's Office.

SuperShuttle discount coupons are available for $1.00 off each way.
DRIVING TO LONG BEACH
To the Office of the Chancellor:
Driving instructions and parking information can be downloaded from the CSU website at http://www.calstate.edu/PA/info/COmap.pdf (PDF). Parking is limited at the Chancellor's Office, so please consider leaving your car at the hotel. The walk from the West Coast Long Beach Hotel to the Chancellor's Office is pleasant! Parking for those with disabilities is available; please contact Mary Allen (mallen@calstate.edu) or Dawn Wheeler (dwheeler@calstate.edu) to make arrangements. If you are commuting to the TSSI, ITL will pay for your daily parking in the garage adjacent to the Chancellor's Office.

To the Coast Hotel(formerly known as the West Coast Long Beach Hotel):
Please see below.
LODGING
ITL has arranged to have blocks of rooms at the Coast Long Beach Hotel set aside for conference participants. Participants must make their own reservations; please request CSU Teacher-Scholar Summer Institute rates. Rates are guaranteed until June 2, 2003.
  • Single Room: $95.00
  • Double Room: $95.00
Contact information:
700 Queensway Drive
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: (562) 435-7676
Fax: (562) 435-3788
Yahoo map and directions
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
Downtown Long Beach is easy to explore on foot and by using the Passport bus. If you are staying at the hotel, you will enjoy the scenic walk over the bridge to get from the hotel to the Chancellor's Office. A wide pedestrian lane is on the east side of the bridge, and it is much safer than the narrow sidewalk on the west side of the bridge. (When you're leaving the hotel, the east side of the bridge is on the right. When you're returning to the hotel, the east side of the bridge is on the left.) Watch for signs or guides along the path. Depending on your walking speed and how long you pause to admire the view, the walk should be a pleasant 20 to 30 minutes.

You can also either walk or take the Passport bus from the Chancellor's Office to downtown Long Beach. To walk takes about 20 minutes; the Passport is a run-about-bus that travels from Golden Shore to Belmont Shore and back. The Passport is free between Golden Shore and downtown; from downtown Long Beach to Belmont Shore will cost 90 cents.
FOOD AND PROVISIONS
  • Continental breakfasts and lunches will be provided at the Office of the Chancellor on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
  • Dinners
    • Sunday: Reception and dinner will be provided at the West Coast Long Beach Hotel. You are welcome to buy tickets to bring guests for $35; this option will be offered on the application site.
    • Monday: You're on your own! Feel free to explore Long Beach, San Pedro, Seal Beach, or anywhere you like. We'll provide some maps and suggestions when you register at the Conference, and some useful links are also provided below.
    • Tuesday: Dinner will be provided during our cruise on the Grand Romance, a leisurely riverboat with a view of the Long Beach skyline. Boarding time will be announced at the TSSI, and TSSI participants must show their badges to board the boat. The evening is free for TSSI participants, and you are welcome to bring a guest. The cost for guests is $40, which includes dinner, tax, and gratuity. Please make guest reservations on the registration site or by contacting Dawn Wheeler. We will walk from the Chancellor's Office to the dock by following a path along the water, a pleasant 20-minute stroll. More details will be provided at the TSSI.
IDEAS FOR MONDAY EVENING
RETURNING HOME
Checkout
Follow the hotel procedures. If you are flying home after your workshop is over on Monday or Wednesday evening, storage for your baggage will be provided at the Chancellor's Office.

Staying Late or Arriving Early
The hotel has agreed to provide the conference rate of $95/room to TSSI participants for three days prior to or following our conference. It will be a nice site for enjoying Southern California!

Aiport Transport
We will have a sign-up sheet at the TSSI registration desk and will make a group reservation to transport participants to the Long Beach airport and to LAX. We will arrange for the vans to arrive at approximately 20 minutes after the end of the workshops on Monday, June 16 and Wednesday, June 18.

Enjoy! We hope your stay in Long Beach will be a pleasant one!


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