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Georgetown University - Transportation - College ProwlerCollege Prowler3.08

Transportation

Quick Stats

Best Ways to Get Around Town
  • Biking
  • A combination of GUTS Bus and the Metro
  • Walking
Best Ways to Get to the Airport A cab or the Metro is your best bet. At peak times (before Christmas or summer breaks), it’s easy to split a cab with another student who is waiting for one.

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

If Georgetown students ever have any doubts about how much they are hated by the area residents, they need only to take a walk to the nearest Metro to remember that, yes indeed, the residents hate them a lot. The biggest gripe among students about their grown-up neighbors is that the permanent residents of Georgetown will not allow a Metro (subway) stop to be built in the community. As a result, the nearest station is a brisk 20-minute walk across the river. This fact, combined with the difficulty of parking in Georgetown, means that public transportation can be a bit of an annoyance. Students are reluctant to credit the administration for doing anything to improve the situation, though there is a free shuttle running to two nearby Metro stations until 12 a.m. on weekdays and in the afternoons on Saturday.

If you can stand the walk to the Metro station, you’ll be home free. The Metro goes everywhere you need to go, and it runs until the wee hours of the morning. Part of the problem is that all of the other universities in the city have their own stations, and so the trek that Hoyas have to make to get on the train ends up seeming like a cosmic injustice. But the public transportation in DC is very clean and cheap, unless you’re talking about cabs, which are rank and expensive. Most students get around with a mix of buses, cabs, and the subway, depending on where they’re going and how quickly they have to get there. The truth is that walking is a sorely underutilized form of public transportation—DC is a great town for walking.

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Transportation at Georgetown University

adb94

'15

Finance

4.6
A

GUTS

GUTS bus is very convienent. Only issue is that it does not run on Sundays.

Nov 28, 2011

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Transportation at Georgetown University

cjstan22

'11

Finance

3.5
B

Living

Living and loving and loving but living the life of love on the way to love en route to living. Love

May 24, 2011

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Transportation at Georgetown University

pbrpbr

'13

Art History

3.5
B

Two Words: GUTS Bus

The GUTS buses are useful because they get you to the otherwise inaccessible metro stops. Otherwise, it's not too long a distance to walk to M St or Wisconsin Ave to catch other bus transportation, and taxis pass around the campus borders often.

Mar 28, 2011

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Campus ShuttleWhat's This?

Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle (GUTS)

otm.georgetown.edu/guts/index.cfm - Buses are free to students and faculty and travel to and from Arlington Loop, Dupont Circle, Law Center, Rosslyn and Wisconsin Avenue.

(202) 687-4372

Public TransitWhat's This?

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Metro, buses, and metrorail lines connect all points of DC with points in Virginia and Maryland. The maximum one-way fare for any trip is $3.25, and most trips within the district cost a little more than $1.

(202) 637-1328

www.wmata.com

Nearest AirportWhat's This?

Washington Dulles International Airport

Dulles is farther from campus than Reagan, but offers different airlines.

(703) 572-2700

Ronald Reagan National Airport

Reagan is the closest airport to Georgetown, roughly 15 minutes by cab from campus. It is also easily reached on the Metro.

(703) 417-8000

Nearest Passenger BusWhat's This?

Greyhound

1005 1st St. NE

(202) 289-5154

www.greyhound.com

Nearest Passenger TrainWhat's This?

Amtrak

The station is located at Union Station, reachable via Metro or a short cab ride.

50 Massachusetts Ave. NE

(800) 872-7245

www.amtrak.com

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