[Chat] gettting from CV to National airport??

Farhad Vesuna farhadvesuna at gmail.com
Fri Jul 1 15:15:47 EDT 2011


You are correct in that a fair number of non-affiliates do seem to use
the shuttle. And I myself have never needed to produce my ID either.
However, I would rather not encourage the free-loading behaviour that
we so often see around us.

On 7/1/11, chad abrams <abramschad at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a Hopkins employee.  Never have I had to show (or been asked to show)
> my Hopkins ID to get on. Starting July 1 Hopkins has engaged a new
> shuttle-service-company greatly expanding the number of buses on the route.
>
>
> I know (personally) of several who live further north (get on at the first
> stop) NOT Hopkins employees who have used the shuttle for years to commute
> down to Penn Station or other stops to commute to/from work daily.  Whether
> or not this is as it 'should-be' may be open to debate, but the impression I
> get is that there are a fair number of non-Hopkins people on the bus.
>
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> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Farhad Vesuna <farhadvesuna at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Since when did the Hopkins shuttle open to the public?
>>
>> Farhad
>>
>> On 7/1/11, chad abrams <abramschad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > the cheapest i have found to park at BWI  is 7.65 per day (econopark
>> > express)..  i have to drive to the airport and then allow shuttle time
>> > to
>> > and from the airport at both ends.. pretty good w/ this service as they
>> take
>> > you directly from/to your car.. but.. you've got 15 minutes at least at
>> > either end at the airport (not including transportation time to/from the
>> > airport)
>> >
>> > You can however get to BWI for $1.65 by hopping on a Hopkins shuttle to
>> Penn
>> > and then taking the light rail.  You get on at Penn and take it 1 stop
>> > to
>> Mt
>> > Royal and switch trains.  After you are on the 2nd light rail its about
>> > a
>> 45
>> > min ride to the terminal.  OR from Penn you can take MARC and then a
>> shuttle
>> > from the train station to the terminal.
>> >
>> > You can also get to either national or dulles via public transportation.
>> >  Hopkins shuttle  to Penn/MARC and then to National/METRO (travel time
>> > is
>> > about 2 hours).      This takes you directly to the terminal.  MARC is 7
>> > bucks and metro is $3.65 or so (non-rush)...
>> >
>> > If you want to get to Dulles take METRO to Arlington and from there
>> > their
>> is
>> > a 3 dollar non-stop shuttle (public transit or METRO-bus) right to the
>> > terminal.  So, you can get to Dulles for about $15 (and not have to deal
>> w/
>> > traffic either!)
>> >
>> > >From my perspective, as important to me as time in getting to the
>> airport
>> > is
>> > AVOIDING connecting flights.   In my searches for travel now I include
>> > dulles, national, bwi and even consider philadelphia and newark.  I'd
>> much
>> > rather spend the time on the ground here, and near public transportation
>> > that can get me home rather than spending the time sitting in some
>> airport
>> > HUB (chicago, atlanta, charlotte) and running the risk of missing the
>> > connection and not getting home at all.  I've heard too many travel
>> horror
>> > stories/experienced my own.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Schlegel, William B CW4 RES USAR USARC
>> <
>> > william.schlegel at us.army.mil> wrote:
>> >
>> >> By the time you buy your MARC ticket and Metro farecard, not to
>> >> mentiuon
>> >> the extra time, you would probably do just as well leaving from BWI.
>> >> Light
>> >> rail goes there, too!  Time is worth money, as well.
>> >>
>> >> Brad
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Fruhlinger" <jfruh at jfruh.com
>> >
>> >> To: "The Charles Village Chat List" <chat at charlesvillage.info>
>> >> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:04 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Chat] gettting from CV to National airport??
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>  There's a stop on Washington's MetroRail Yellow Line right at the
>> >> National
>> >>> Airport terminal.  Quite easy to get to.
>> >>>
>> >>> You could do the whole trip from Charles Village via public transit.
>> >>> Take
>> >>> MARC from Penn Station to DC's Union Station, take the Red Line two
>> stops
>> >>> to
>> >>> Chinatown, switch to the Yellow Line there.
>> >>>
>> >>> Google Maps actually will show you transit direction from anywhere to
>> >>> anywhere in the region.  Very useful.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://maps.google.com/
>> >>>
>> >>> jf
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jun 30, 2011, at 9:50 AM, langwidge at comcast.net wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>  I just found out that flights out of national are often much much
>> >>> less
>> >>>> expensive than some flights out of BWI.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The problem is how does "one" get to National.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Has anyone done this using public transportation for at least the
>> latter
>> >>>> part of the drive??
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanks,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Christine Gray
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>
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