Travel to Cincinnati
With international flights from London, Paris and Toronto, you can get from CVG to the University Cincinnati campus via Shuttle Service. Our preferred shuttle company is Executive Transportation, and you can reserve one for $35 one-way, $50 roundtrip. They have a counter in the baggage claim area of the airport, and you can also walk up and ask for a shuttle to the UC Campus. If you have no reservation and they're very busy, you might have to wait. Other shuttle companies are listed here.
You can also use Uber/Lyft (about $45 each way, depending on time of day and demand), or use public transportation, like the Public TANK Bus (every 30 minutes, $2 fare)+ Cincinnati Metro bus. For more information, see here and here.
Cincinnati is driving distance from:
– Chicago, IL: 4.5 hr
– Detroit, MI : 4.0 hr
– Lexington, KY: 1.5 hr
– Bloomington, IN: 2.5 hr
– South Bend, IN: 4.0 hr
– Knoxville/Oak Ridge, TN: 4.0 hr
Parking at UC
If you are driving over or have a rental car, you may wish to use UC's parking facilities. The location of Clifton Court Hall relative to the closest parking garages at UC is shown in this annotated Google map.
The closest lot is Clifton Court Garage, accessible through the Clifton Court road. In the event that Clifton Court Garage is unavailable for visitor/cash parking, which is happening frequently due to construction work on the first floor of the garage, use the alternative Campus Green Garage, accessible from Martin Luther King Drive West. Both parking garages allow visitor parking and credit card/cash payment. Just follow the signs for "Cash Exit". The maximum daily rate is $10 for all garages. More information is found here.
Getting Around
The UC campus is well connected to downtown Cincinnati through various bus routes, specifically 17, 46, and Metro+, which have several stops around campus. the bus frequency varies between 15-20 minutes during daytime hours, and the trip downtown takes about 20 minutes. A single ride ticket costs $2.00 within Zone 1, which includes Cincinnati and UC. More information is available in the Cincinnati Metro web site.
You also have the option of using Cincinnati's Red Bike e-bike sharing program. There are multiple stations around campus and downtown.