Directions to CID and the Kennedy School of Government :: Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID)

Directions to the Kennedy School of Government

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From Logan Airport

By Taxi: 20-30 minutes, $40-50 (subject to change)

By Subway: 45-60 minutes, $1.25 (subject to change - token or CharlieTicket required). Note that as as of 1 January 2007, fares will increase to $1.70/$2.00 per ride. Please visit http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/fare_increase_information.asp for more details on fare increases, or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority web site at www.mbta.com for information on subway prices and policies.

Take shuttle bus to AIRPORT subway (Blue Line), Blue Line inbound to GOVERNMENT CENTER (four stops)
Green Line outbound to PARK STREET (one stop)
Red Line outbound, direction ALEWIFE -
HARVARD is fourth stop Come out of the station near the Out of Town News Stand, you will be facing the Harvard Coop. Head left down JFK Street towards the river. You will pass Pizzeria Uno on your left and Urban Outfitters on your right. Continue down the street for three blocks. The third block is Eliot Street and has the Eliot Street Cafe (Dunkin' Donuts) on the corner. The Kennedy School is directly across the street from the Eliot Street Cafe.

By Bus: 40-45 minutes, $1.25 (subject to change). Silver Line bus to SOUTH STATION, free transfer to Red Line INBOUND, towards ALEWIFE. HARVARD is sixth stop.

Driving:
Exit Logan Airport and follow the signs to Boston, which will bring you to and through the Sumner Tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, take a wide right and go up the ramp on to Route 93 North. Stay on that for only two exits. Take the second exit onto Storrow Drive. Do not follow the "Cambridge" signs, but continue along the river on Storrow Drive West for approximately four miles. For land-marks, you will pass the "Massachusetts Avenue - Cambridge" exit and then the Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel......but stay on Storrow Drive. Directly after the Doubletree Hotel you will see a right-hand exit marked "Harvard Square - Cambridge". Take the exit and follow it up to the right and across the Charles River. Go straight through the first traffic light and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street and the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.

From the Massachusetts Turnpike - Route 90

Heading East on Route 90, take the "Cambridge/Allston" turn-off, which is Exit #18...a left-hand exit. After the toll, follow the "Cambridge" signs until you reach the Charles River, where there is a clump of traffic lights. The Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel will be on your right. Take a left at the light (just before going over the river) on to Soldiers Field Road. Take your right at the exit marked "Harvard Square - Cambridge" and follow it across the Charles River. Go straight through the first traffic light and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street and the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street on the right, just after the light, or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.

From Route 2

Follow Route 2 East into Cambridge and stay on it as it changes from a major highway down to a four-lane thoroughfare. It will become the Alewife Brook Parkway, then the Fresh Pond Parkway and eventually Memorial Drive, but will still be marked as Route 2 East. Turn left on Memorial Drive (at the Charles River) and one minute down turn left again at the sign marked "Harvard Square", which is John F. Kennedy Street and the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage available on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left. Memorial Drive is closed to traffic during daylight hours on Sundays during the late Spring, Summer and early Fall. In this case, follow over the Charles River across the Eliot Bridge and return back over the river at the exit marked "Harvard Square". After you cross the river, go straight through the first traffic light (which is Memorial Drive) and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street - the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage available on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through other light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.

From Routes 95, 1 or 93 (North)

Follow Route 95 South to the Peabody (Mass.) area and switch on to Route 1 South. Route 1 continues for several miles, crosses the Tobin Bridge and then merges with Route 93 South. Immediately after this merge, take the exit to the right for Storrow Drive (Exit 26) and follow signs for Storrow Drive West. Stay on Storrow Drive for roughly 4 miles. For land-marks, you will pass the "Massachusetts Avenue - Cambridge" exit and then the Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel...but stay on Storrow Drive. Directly after the Doubletree Hotel you will see a right-hand exit marked "Harvard Square - Cambridge". Take the exit and follow it up to the right and across the Charles River. Then go straight through the first traffic light (which is Memorial Drive) and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street - the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage available on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.

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	From Logan Airport By Taxi: 20-30 minutes, $40-50 (subject to change) By Subway: 45-60 minutes, $1.25 (subject to change - token or CharlieTicket required). Note that as as of 1 January 2007, fares will increase to $1.70/$2.00 per ride. Please visit http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/fare_increase_information.asp for more details on fare increases, or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority web site at www.mbta.com for information on subway prices and policies. Take shuttle bus to AIRPORT subway (Blue Line), Blue Line inbound to GOVERNMENT CENTER (four stops) Green Line outbound to PARK STREET (one stop) Red Line outbound, direction ALEWIFE - HARVARD is fourth stop Come out of the station near the Out of Town News Stand, you will be facing the Harvard Coop. Head left down JFK Street towards the river. You will pass Pizzeria Uno on your left and Urban Outfitters on your right. Continue down the street for three blocks. The third block is Eliot Street and has the Eliot Street Cafe (Dunkin' Donuts) on the corner. The Kennedy School is directly across the street from the Eliot Street Cafe. By Bus: 40-45 minutes, $1.25 (subject to change). Silver Line bus to SOUTH STATION, free transfer to Red Line INBOUND, towards ALEWIFE. HARVARD is sixth stop. Driving: Exit Logan Airport and follow the signs to Boston, which will bring you to and through the Sumner Tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, take a wide right and go up the ramp on to Route 93 North. Stay on that for only two exits. Take the second exit onto Storrow Drive. Do not follow the "Cambridge" signs, but continue along the river on Storrow Drive West for approximately four miles. For land-marks, you will pass the "Massachusetts Avenue - Cambridge" exit and then the Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel......but stay on Storrow Drive. Directly after the Doubletree Hotel you will see a right-hand exit marked "Harvard Square - Cambridge". Take the exit and follow it up to the right and across the Charles River. Go straight through the first traffic light and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street and the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.
	From the Massachusetts Turnpike - Route 90 Heading East on Route 90, take the "Cambridge/Allston" turn-off, which is Exit #18...a left-hand exit. After the toll, follow the "Cambridge" signs until you reach the Charles River, where there is a clump of traffic lights. The Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel will be on your right. Take a left at the light (just before going over the river) on to Soldiers Field Road. Take your right at the exit marked "Harvard Square - Cambridge" and follow it across the Charles River. Go straight through the first traffic light and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street and the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street on the right, just after the light, or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.
	From Route 2 Follow Route 2 East into Cambridge and stay on it as it changes from a major highway down to a four-lane thoroughfare. It will become the Alewife Brook Parkway, then the Fresh Pond Parkway and eventually Memorial Drive, but will still be marked as Route 2 East. Turn left on Memorial Drive (at the Charles River) and one minute down turn left again at the sign marked "Harvard Square", which is John F. Kennedy Street and the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage available on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left. Memorial Drive is closed to traffic during daylight hours on Sundays during the late Spring, Summer and early Fall. In this case, follow over the Charles River across the Eliot Bridge and return back over the river at the exit marked "Harvard Square". After you cross the river, go straight through the first traffic light (which is Memorial Drive) and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street - the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage available on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through other light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.
	From Routes 95, 1 or 93 (North) Follow Route 95 South to the Peabody (Mass.) area and switch on to Route 1 South. Route 1 continues for several miles, crosses the Tobin Bridge and then merges with Route 93 South. Immediately after this merge, take the exit to the right for Storrow Drive (Exit 26) and follow signs for Storrow Drive West. Stay on Storrow Drive for roughly 4 miles. For land-marks, you will pass the "Massachusetts Avenue - Cambridge" exit and then the Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel...but stay on Storrow Drive. Directly after the Doubletree Hotel you will see a right-hand exit marked "Harvard Square - Cambridge". Take the exit and follow it up to the right and across the Charles River. Then go straight through the first traffic light (which is Memorial Drive) and you will now be on John F. Kennedy Street - the first building on your left is the School. At the next light take a left on to Eliot Street. Finding metered parking is extremely difficult in Harvard Square, thus we suggest using Public Parking. There is a garage available on Eliot Street on the right, just after the light or if you continue straight through another light there is also parking available in the Charles Hotel which will be to your left.