BWI or bust
We sent four reporters by car, Light Rail, bus and Lyft to BWI to find the quickest way to get there
Getting from place to place in Baltimore can be daunting, especially when it seems like the city is constantly undergoing construction.
On June 10 the ground collapsed causing a sinkhole near the intersection of Howard and Pratt streets and cutting off access to the northbound Light Rail toward Hunt Valley.
According to public works officials, restoring Light Rail service is expected to be the last step in the process of fixing the hole in the street where the sinkhole formed. Last week, they said full transit service will not be restored until late August.
At 2:05 p.m. on a Tuesday in late July, four Baltimore Sun interns carrying one piece of luggage each put four different transportation methods to the ultimate test.
The mission: to make it from the Baltimore Convention Center downtown to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s Southwest domestic flights terminal in Anne Arundel County in time to catch an imaginary 5 p.m. flight.
We took a Lyft, personal car, a bus followed by the MARC train, and the Light Rail to see which intern could make it there first.
Baltimore residents are no strangers to BWI is the only airport within a 13-mile radius from the city. For those who have a car it’s a seemingly short drive from the convention center. For out-of-towners, or people without access to a personal car, it can be a hassle.
But how much of a hassle can it actually be? And, more importantly, how can residents and out-of-towners alike avoid the frustrations?