Getting to Minneapolis: By bus

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Greyhound Bus Lines and Jefferson Lines. Buses arrive at the Hawthorne Transportation Center, located at 950 Hawthorne Ave (at 10th St, one block west of Hennepin) in downtown Minneapolis. It's just a few minute's taxi ride away from most of the downtown hotels. It's 4-5 blocks away from a few major bus routes and the light rail. Check the web site above for schedule details. The depot is near a homeless shelter, so it's not uncommon to see a few homeless people hanging out nearby. The area is well-patrolled and quite safe. Some routes make additonal stops.

• Badger Coaches, www.badgerbus.com. 4x weekly scheduled services in cooperation with Jefferson Lines to Madison daily and Milwaukee, with a few local stops inbetween. $45-$53.

• Greyhound, (at the Intermodal Station), ☎ +1 414 272-2156, www.greyhound.com/home.asp. Open 24h/day.

• Jefferson Lines, (at the Intermodal Station), www.jeffersonlines.com. Operate scheduled services across the state to South Dakota, Wisconsin, and beyond. Jefferson prides itself on its 'eco-freindly' new coaches.

• Megabus, www.megabus.com/us. Minneapolis from Madison (twice daily), Milwaukee (twice daily), and Chicago (3-4 times daily). In Chicago, you can connect to the Minneapolis-bound bus from buses coming from Normal, St. Louis, Columbia, Kansas City, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Champaign, and Memphis. Fares can be as little as $1 each way if ordered far enough in advance. There are two marked stops in Minneapolis. The first stop is in downtown Minneapolis on the north side of South 3rd Street east of Chicago Avenue (about one block from the Metrodome and the Downtown East/Metrodome light rail station). The second stop is near the University of Minnesota on the south side of University Ave next to the University Ave Parking Ramp, across the street from Williams Arena and behind the McNamara Alumni Center. Buses have wifi.

A summary of bus and train fares to Chicago and Milwaukee, frequencies and services including the lowest internet fare, the walk-up ticket price and how often the services run:

²Train. AAA, ISIC, SA, Senior (walk-up) discounts: Chicago $18, Minneapolis from $44. ³Tickets must be purchased via internet or telephone($3 fee).

• www.badgerbus.com
• www.greyhound.com/home.asp
• www.jeffersonlines.com
• www.megabus.com/us