TRANSPORTATION
FROM BWI AIRPORT
If you would like to make use of the shuttle service, you should
go to "Ground Transportation" on the lower level of the airport
and notify them that you would like shuttle service to the
University Conference Center (UCC), the Holiday Inn or Quality Inn
in College Park, Maryland. They will issue you a ticket to that
destination. NOTE: The
shuttle leaving the airport will only take you to the Greenbelt,
Maryland BWI Airport Connection where you will then board a second
shuttle directly to the UCC, the Holiday Inn or Quality Inn.
Shuttle service to or from BWI is $16.00 per person, one way. It
operates 7 days per week, with the schedule slightly different on
Saturday. Service begins at 7:10 AM (7:00 AM Saturday) ands runs
every 60 minutes (90 minutes on Saturday) until 11:10 PM (8:30 PM
on Saturday). If shuttle service is needed for your return to BWI
you must give the BWI Airport Connection 24 hours notice. For
more information, please contact them directly at (301) 441-2345.
FROM DULLES AIRPORT
There are two shuttle services from available from Dulles Airport.
Corporate Wheels costs $50.00 and can be reached toll free at
800-915-6650. Deluxe Transportation Limousine Services is a
bit more pricey at $65.00. They can be reached toll free at 800-461-5466.
A taxi from Dulles Airport to College Park will probably run upwards
of $70.00. A less expensive (but more complicated) alternative is
to take a Washington Flyer shuttle to the West Falls Church
Metrorail station (shuttles run every 30 minutes). Get on the
orange line; transfer to the red line at the "Metro Center" stop;
transfer to the green line at the "Fort Totten" stop, and exit at
the College Park station. It is a short taxi ride from there to
your hotel destination.
FROM WASHINGTON NATIONAL
Corporate Wheels and Deluxe Transportation Limousine Services
operate from Washington National Airport at a cost of $35 and $45
respectively.
A taxi from the airport to College Park will run upwards of
$40.00. There is a Metrorail station at the airport. Get on the
blue line and transfer to the yellow line at the "Pentagon" stop.
Transfer from the yellow to the red line at the stop named
"Gallery Place/Chinatown" and follow directions above from the red
line to your hotel destination.
BY AUTOMOBILE
From 495: Follow signs to College Park/U.S. 1 (exit 25A).
Proceed approximately 1 mile and exit right onto Rt. 193 (west).
Make a left onto Adelphi Road (3rd light) and an immediate left
(at light) onto Campus Drive. The entrance to the University
Conference Center is your very next left.
From 295: follow signs to the Greenbelt Road/Rt. 193 exit. Take
193 (west) and follow directions above to the UCC (University
Conference Center).
PARKING
Parking will be available at the UCC Garage. Parking is free if
you are staying at the Center. Other attendees of the meeting
should identify themselves to the parking attendants as being with
the "Star Formation, Near and Far" meeting to receive a complimentary
parking pass.
SHUTTLE SERVICES
BWI Airport Connection - 301-441-2345
Corporate Wheels - 800-915-6650 or 301-627-9297
Deluxe Transportation Limousine Services -- 800-461-5466 or 301-587-5466