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( GOOGLE MAP ; 805-543-5353; www.frenchmedicalcenter.org ; 1911 Johnson Ave; 24hr)

Emergency-room services.

San Luis Obispo Library INTERNET
( GOOGLE MAP ; 805-781-5991; www.slolibrary.org ; 995 Palm St; 10am-5pm Wed-Sat, to 8pm

Tue; )
Free wi-fi and public internet terminals.

San Luis Obispo Visitor Center TOURIST INFORMATION
( GOOGLE MAP ; 805-781-2777; www.visitslo.com ; 895 Monterey St; 10am-5pm Sun-Wed, to

7pm Thu-Sat)
Free maps and tourist brochures.

Getting There & Around
Off Broad St, over 3 miles southeast of downtown, San Luis Obispo County Regional Air-
port has scheduled flights with United (San Francisco and LA) and US Airways (Phoenix).
Amtrak ( GOOGLE MAP ; 800-872-7245; www.amtrak.com ; 1011 Railroad Ave) runs daily
Seattle-LA Coast Starlight and twice-daily SLO-San Diego Pacific Surfliner trains. Both
routes head south to Santa Barbara ($27, 2¾ hours) and Los Angeles ($41, 5½ hours). The
Coast Starlight connects north via Paso Robles to Salinas ($27, 3 hours) and Oakland
($39, six hours). Several daily Thruway buses link to more regional trains.
Inconveniently stopping off Hwy 101, nearly 4 miles southwest of downtown, Grey-
hound ( 800-231-2222; www.greyhound.com ; 1460 Calle Joaquin) operates a few daily buses
south to Los Angeles ($30, five hours) via Santa Barbara ($28, 2¼ hours) and north to San
Francisco ($53, seven hours) via Santa Cruz ($42, four hours).
San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (RTA; 805-541-2228; www.slorta.org ;
single-ride fares $1.50-3, day pass $5) operates daily county-wide buses with limited weekend
services. All buses are equipped with bicycle racks. Lines converge on downtown's trans-
it center ( GOOGLE MAP ; cnr Palm & Osos Sts) .
SLO Transit ( 805-541-2877; www.slocity.org ) runs local city buses ($1.25) and a trolley
(50¢) that loops around downtown every 20 minutes between 5pm and 9pm on Thursdays