Comments on: Dear PoP – How Do You Get from BWI to DC Without Taking a Cab at Night? http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/ Welcome to the beautiful life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:21:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bogfrog http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47196 bogfrog Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:51:35 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47196 According to Eric Schlosser in Fast Food Nation, the big 3 lobbied to have street car lines and other public transit removed in the US. Times have changed. I think the new H street line and the one on Edinburgh's Princes St are neck and neck as to which will finish first! According to Eric Schlosser in Fast Food Nation, the big 3 lobbied to have street car lines and other public transit removed in the US.

Times have changed. I think the new H street line and the one on Edinburgh’s Princes St are neck and neck as to which will finish first!

]]> By: Dood. http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47195 Dood. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:44:43 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47195 I used to have to take the bus from the Greenbelt metro to work and Metro was extremely responsive to my complaints. The bus arrived early/never showed a few times and made me late to work and a single call fixed the problem for at least six months. After a while it would get sloppy again and I would call again, and it ran perfectly for the next couple of months after that. I used to have to take the bus from the Greenbelt metro to work and Metro was extremely responsive to my complaints. The bus arrived early/never showed a few times and made me late to work and a single call fixed the problem for at least six months. After a while it would get sloppy again and I would call again, and it ran perfectly for the next couple of months after that.

]]> By: LJ http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47194 LJ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:31:49 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47194 I fly out of BWI a lot since SW is the only airline that has reasonable flights to Hartford/Springfield (um... w00t?). Anyway. I've been burned by Supershuttle WAY too many times to ever do it again. I've almost missed outward flights b/c the shuttle drivers have waited 15-20 minutes for other passengers (at multiple stops) several times, and on homeward trips, it can take HOURS to get home, even once you're in the city. I've been dragged all over hell and gone too many times. So, yeah, caveat emptor on the Supershuttle. I just ensure that my flights get in early enough to use Metro or budget for the cab... I fly out of BWI a lot since SW is the only airline that has reasonable flights to Hartford/Springfield (um… w00t?). Anyway. I’ve been burned by Supershuttle WAY too many times to ever do it again. I’ve almost missed outward flights b/c the shuttle drivers have waited 15-20 minutes for other passengers (at multiple stops) several times, and on homeward trips, it can take HOURS to get home, even once you’re in the city. I’ve been dragged all over hell and gone too many times. So, yeah, caveat emptor on the Supershuttle. I just ensure that my flights get in early enough to use Metro or budget for the cab…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47193 Anonymous Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:17:16 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47193 a warning about flying out of BWI, the B30 gets really overcrowded around holidays and can fill up before everyone gets on it. so give yourself enough time to be able to miss a bus and still catch you plane or the last metro home. a cab to Greenbelt metro from BWI cost me $60!! a warning about flying out of BWI, the B30 gets really overcrowded around holidays and can fill up before everyone gets on it. so give yourself enough time to be able to miss a bus and still catch you plane or the last metro home. a cab to Greenbelt metro from BWI cost me $60!!

]]> By: Buck Turgidson http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47192 Buck Turgidson Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:20:13 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47192 In the rest of the First World, you can almost always count on finding a direct downtown-to-airport bus or train service, one that runs frequently and at all times the airport is open. In the USA, not so much -- it's pretty much taxis or private shuttles, or some ungodly multi-leg journey incomprehensible to a jet-lagged out-of-towner. In that respect (and many others), we are more like a Third World nation. In the rest of the First World, you can almost always count on finding a direct downtown-to-airport bus or train service, one that runs frequently and at all times the airport is open. In the USA, not so much — it’s pretty much taxis or private shuttles, or some ungodly multi-leg journey incomprehensible to a jet-lagged out-of-towner. In that respect (and many others), we are more like a Third World nation.

]]> By: Matvey http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47191 Matvey Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:54:56 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47191 I just suck it up and take SuperShuttle. $37 from BWI to Mt. P, and I wind up sleeping for most of the ride, anyway. Considering that even if I hit the last MARC, it's $6, and then another $12 or so for a cab from Union Station (because the Metro's stopped running by then), the extra outlay isn't so bad. I just suck it up and take SuperShuttle. $37 from BWI to Mt. P, and I wind up sleeping for most of the ride, anyway. Considering that even if I hit the last MARC, it’s $6, and then another $12 or so for a cab from Union Station (because the Metro’s stopped running by then), the extra outlay isn’t so bad.

]]> By: ogden http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47190 ogden Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:51:46 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47190 FrequentTraveller: What major airport is closer than 45 minutes to its downtown area? Chicago by car (or El these days) is 45 minutes to the Loop. JFK is anywhere from 45 minutes to two hours to the Port Authority bus terminal. LAX to Union Station is also 45 minutes. Denver Airport is also 45 minutes from downtown. DFW is 30 minutes from downtown Dallas under the best conditions. Even the Kansas City airport is more than 30 minutes from downtown. I think it is safe to assume that most business people arriving in DC are prepared for travel times to downtown. FrequentTraveller: What major airport is closer than 45 minutes to its downtown area? Chicago by car (or El these days) is 45 minutes to the Loop. JFK is anywhere from 45 minutes to two hours to the Port Authority bus terminal. LAX to Union Station is also 45 minutes. Denver Airport is also 45 minutes from downtown. DFW is 30 minutes from downtown Dallas under the best conditions. Even the Kansas City airport is more than 30 minutes from downtown.

I think it is safe to assume that most business people arriving in DC are prepared for travel times to downtown.

]]> By: saf http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47189 saf Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:24:31 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47189 Complain to WMATA. Complain to WMATA.

]]> By: nonnymus http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47188 nonnymus Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:44:20 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47188 Thanks Angry Parakeet and Andre for referring to the closest airport to DC as either National or DCA. I'll never fly into or out of Reagan Airport. Thanks Angry Parakeet and Andre for referring to the closest airport to DC as either National or DCA.

I’ll never fly into or out of Reagan Airport.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47187 Anonymous Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:31:33 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-how-do-you-get-from-bwi-to-dc-without-taking-a-cab-at-night/#comment-47187 Amtrak has been a solid to and from option for flights out of BWI. Price is as low as $12 each way on the local and it takes about 30 minutes. Amtrak has been a solid to and from option for flights out of BWI. Price is as low as $12 each way on the local and it takes about 30 minutes.

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