Travel directions

We've provided travel directions to RPI if you traveling by plane or train or by car and a campus map showing the location of:

the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) (#74 on the map),
Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) (#76 on the map),
the Rensselaer Parking Garage (#75 on the map, for parking on Friday).

A Google map pointing at all four locations can also be found below.

If you are arriving by plane, fly into the Albany International Airport. If you are arriving by train, travel to the Albany/Rensselaer Amtrak station. Commercial taxicabs to campus are available from both locations.

From the South:
Take I-87, the New York State Thruway, North to Exit 23. At Exit 23, get on I-787 North to Route 7 East (Troy-Bennington). Follow the directions to campus (below).
From the North:
Take I-87, the Adirondack Northway, South to Exit 7 East. Get on Route 7 headed East (Troy-Bennington). Follow the directions to campus (below).
From the East:
Take I-90, the New York State Thruway, to Exit 24. From Exit 24, continue onto I-90 East. Exit onto I-787 North. Take I-787 North to Route 7 East (Troy-Bennington). Follow the directions to campus (below).
From the West:
Take I-90, the New York State Thruway, to Exit 24. From Exit 24, continue onto I-90 East. Exit onto I-787 North. Take I-787 North to Route 7 East (Troy-Bennington). Follow the directions to campus (below).
From the airport:
- Leaving the airport, turn left onto Route 155, follow for 1/10 of a mile.
- At the traffic light, turn left onto Albany Shaker Road.
- Get on I-87 North via ramp on the left.
- Take exit 7 onto Route 7 toward Troy - stay on route 7 for 4.8 miles. You will want to be in the left lane.
- Follow the directions to campus and parking (below).

You will want to be in the right lane of Route 7. Take the exit for Downtown Troy.
You will be on 6th Avenue. At the second traffic light, make a left turn onto Federal Street.
Continue up the hill (becomes Peoples Avenue). At the second traffic light, make a right turn onto 15th Street.
You will see the large granite Rensselaer sign and flags at the intersection of 15th Street and Sage Avenue. Continue on 15th Street past this intersection, and drive under the pedestrian bridge.
The Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) will be on your right.

The Rensselaer Parking Garage (#75 on the map) will be open to conference attendees at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday and 7:00 a.m. on Thurday and Friday. Follow directions to campus (above). At the first traffic light past the pedestrian bridge (on 15th Street), take a right onto College Avenue. The Parking Garage will be on your right.

CBIS, EMPAC, and the parking garage can be found in the map below.
Click on a pin, or visit the full workshop map for more detail.

updated: 2011-09-13