The University is located in College Park, Maryland, four miles northeast of
Washington, D.C. The meeting will be held in the Mathematics Building, mainly on
the 3rd floor in the department lounge (Room 3201) and colloquium room (Room 3206).
Lodging will be about be about 2/3 of a mile to the south of the Mathematics Building,
at: Quality Inn & Suites
7200 Baltimore Ave. (U.S. Route 1)
College Park, MD 20740
(301)864-5820
NOTE: Please park only in designated spaces at the Quality Inn to avoid towing.
We describe below some of the many routes you can take to the University and to the Quality Inn by car, train, metrorail or air. At the end there are directions to the Mathematics Building, including information about parking and a campus map. NOTE: times mentioned below are only approximate, and we are copying some taxi fare information from other sources, which may be out of date. More information on directions to campus can be found at:
http://www.umd.edu/visitors/#directions
By train from all directions you can reach Union Station in Washington DC. Coming from the north, Amtrak also stops closer to the University, at the New Carrollton station in Maryland near the Capital Beltway. (Taxi fare to College Park is $25 or more from New Carrolton and $35 or more from Union Station.) The Metrorail connection is better from Union Station; see below.
Take the Red Line north toward Silver Spring and Glenmont. Exit
the train at the Fort Totten station and transfer to the Green Line toward Greenbelt.
Then exit at the College Park station, and see the directions below.
Take the Yellow Line north to the Mt. Vernon Sq./Convention Center
station, and transfer there to the Green Line toward Greenbelt. Then
exit at the College Park station, and see the directions below.
From the Metrorail station, it is a walk of 1/2
mile to the Quality Inn. For this walk, exit the station on the west side. (This is the direction
that requires you to cross under some MARC train tracks next to the station, and
it is the direction in which one would walk to "downtown" College Park
or U.S. Route 1.) Walk west from the station on Calvert Road (the main road, toward
the south end and moving directly away from the station) for 1/2 mile to U.S. Route
1. The Quality Inn is directly across the street.
Depending on the time of day, you may be able to catch a taxi to
the Quality Inn on the east (busier) side of the station (to reach the
east side, do not cross under the MARC tracks).
For people arriving on or before Friday, there is also a free shuttle bus to campus, called Shuttle-UM that leaves from the east side of the station frequently (click here for a schedule in PDF format). The shuttle takes about 10 minutes to reach campus. About 200 yards after crossing U.S. Route 1 and entering the main gate of the University, you will see on your right a four story building with a grey slate dome. That is the Mathematics Building. There is a shuttle stop just ahead near the traffic circle.
The shuttle will not run during the conference because it is our spring break. Even then, it is a walk of not more than 30 minutes from the College Park Metrorail Station to the Mathematics department. Another option is to to take Metrobus route C8 or route F6, which like the shuttle stop in front of the Math Bulding.
See Reagan National Airport ground transportation for an overview. Minimum travel time (taxi, non-rush hour) is about 30 minutes.
You can walk to the airport's Metrorail station directly from the new terminal. (From the old terminal, you can walk or take a free shuttle that runs very frequently.) Take the Yellow Line north, transfer to the green line to College Park. (Plan on an hour to reach the College Park station.) See the "Via Metrorail" directions above for travel from the College Park Station.
Super Shuttle provides shared-van service to College Park at (as of January 2006) $25 for the first passenger and $8 for each additional passenger. You do not need a reservation, just proceed to the ground transportation area when you arrive.
Taxi fare to College Park is $25 or more; see rate information.
Super Shuttle provides shared-van service to College Park at (as of January 2006) $26 for the first passenger and $10 for each additional passenger. You do not need a reservation, just proceed to the ground transportation area when you arrive.
Metrobus route B30 connects with the Greenbelt Metrorail Station; the fare is (as of January 2006) $3 and here is timetable information. From Greenbelt you can take Metrorail one stop to the College Park Station (see "Via Metrorail" above) or transfer to bus C2, which stops directly in front of the Mathematics Department.
Taxi fare to College Park is at least $50.
Click Dulles ground transportation for detailed information. Below are the highlights. Minimum travel time (taxi, non-rush hour) is about 50 minutes.
Super Shuttle provides shared-van service to College Park at (as of January 2006) $35 for the first passenger and $8 for each additional passenger. You do not need a reservation, just proceed to the ground transportation area when you arrive.
You can take the Washington Flyer Express Bus to the West Falls Church Metrorail Station (cash only, $8 as of January 2006), and from there you can make your way by Metrorail to College Park (see "Via Metrorail" above). Total time from the airport to College Park may be 90 minutes or more.
Taxi fare to College Park is at least $50; click here for further rate information.
For a map of this area, click here.