Skip to content. | Skip to navigation

Personal tools

Navigation

You are here: Home / Research / Sponsored Events / Perspectives on Time Use in the U.S. Conference and Workshop / Transportation Information - Conference

Transportation Information - Conference

Logistics and helpful hints for getting to the conference

Travel Information

Conference Hotel

Marriott Renaissance Hotel
999 Ninth St.
Washington DC 20001
202-898-9000

Conference Location

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Postal Square Building
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20212-0001
202-691-5200

See the BLS Directions page

Allow sufficient time to travel from the conference hotel to the BLS building near Union Station. You can walk the distance in about 20 minutes; by taxi it takes about 5 minutes.

to_bls

Parking

Parking in downtown Washington DC is very expensive.

The hotel offers on-site and valet parking for $35 or $42 per day, respectively, with extra charges for in/out privileges.

Airports & Ground Transportation

There are three airports in the Washington, DC regional area that you can easily travel through: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI); Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA); and Dulles International (IAD).

Dulles is the furthest away; BWI is closer and easier to get to from the northeast beltway area for those attending the workshop; National is very convenient (Metro stop right at the airport) but flights are more limited in number and frequency.

RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (DCA)
Taxi approximately $20.

Driving directions :
Follow the signs to Washington D.C. (George Washington Parkway). Take the I-395/Route 1 north exit (which is the 14th St. bridge). Stay to the right and exit onto 12th St. Follow 12th St. to New York Ave and turn right. Turn right off of New York Ave onto 9th St. *** From the North: Take i-95 S to I-295 S. Towards 50 West, will turn into New York Avenue. Continue on New York Avenue and make a left onto 9th Street NW. The hotel is 2 blocks down on your left.

DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IAD)
Taxi approximately $75.

Driving directions :
Follow the signs to Dulles Airport Access Rd. Merge onto VA-267 E which becomes I-66 E. Take I-66 E to the Roosevelt Bridge, stay in the middle lane. Take the Constitution Ave exit off of the Roosevelt Bridge. Follow Constitution Ave until 12th Street and turn left. Continue on 12th Street and make a right turn on New York Ave. Proceed on New York Ave for two blocks and make a right turn on 9th Street. The hotel is on your immediate left.

BALTIMORE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL (BWI)
Taxi approximately $75.
Alternate : Take Amtrak train to Union Station and taxi to hotel, approximately $45.

Driving Directions :
Take the Baltimore-Washington Parkway South (MD 295) to US50 west (New York Ave.). Take New York Ave. at 5th St. Stay to the right and the street will become L St. Turn onto 9th St. The hotel is on the left. *** From I-95 S to I-295 S. Towards 50 West, will turn into New York Avenue. Continue on New York Avenue and make a left onto 9th Street NW. The hotel is 2 blocks down on your left.

Amtrak 202-484-7540 or 800-USA-RAIL

  • Take Amtrak to Union Station
  • Take a taxi to the hotel