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ACM SIGUCCS Fall 2004 ConferenceBaltimore, Maryland; October 10-13, 2004

Getting to Baltimore

The conference is at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.
Address: 700 Aliceanna Street Baltimore, MD 21202.
Phone number: 410-385-3000
Fax number: 410-895-1900

There is a useful map of the hotel and the surrounding area on the hotel website.

Getting to the Hotel from the Airport

Driving

Baltimore-Washington International (BWI)

Take Baltimore/Washington Parkway North, 8 miles to Pratt Street, turn right. Proceed to President Street and turn right. Get into the right-hand lane and proceed straight. At stop sign, go straight. Hotel will be on your right.

Wahington/Dulles International

Take the Dulles Toll Road East to I 495 North. Proceed on I 495 North to I 95 North. Follow I 95 North to I 395 Downtown Baltimore to Pratt Street, turn right. Proceed on Pratt Street to President"s Street, turn right onto President"s Street. Turn right onto Aliceanna. The hotel is on the right.

Washington/Reagan National

Take George-Washington Parkway North to I 495 and proceed North to I 95 North. Follow I 95 North to I 395 to Pratt Street, turn right. Proceed on Pratt Street to President"s Street. Turn right onto President"s Street. Turn right onto Aliceanna. The hotel is on the right.

Airport Shuttle

From Baltimore-Washington International (BWI)

Take the BWI Supershuttle. Fee is $11 per person, no reservation needed between 6:00 am and 2:00 am. If you are arriving between 2 and 6 call to make a reservation.
At the airport, go to lower level and follow signs to the SuperShuttle desk located between bag claims 6 and 7.
The shuutle leaves airport every 30 minutes on the half-hour and goes to the hotel. The ride takes about half an hour.

For information call 1-800-BLUE VAN (258-3826) or (703) 416-6661 or visit website: http://www.supershuttle.com/htm/cities/bwi.htm

Taxi service is available from BWI to the host hotel. The rate is $20 per car no matter how many people are in the car or how long the ride takes.

From Dulles and Reagan Airports

You need to call to prearrange an airport shuttle to the hotel. The telephone number is 410-381-2772. Service from Dulles costs $90; from Reagan costs $75. The ride from Dulles is 1.5-2 hours; from Reagan is about an hour.

Airport Maps

Here are links to some maps of the airports from Fox travel and from their websites:

BWI
http://www.bwiairport.com/5custasi/in_tm.shtml

Dulles
http://www.metwashairports.com/Dulles/terminal.htm

Reagan
http://www.mwaa.com/national/terminalmap.htm

Getting to the Hotel From the Train

Amtrack stops at Baltimore station (BAL).

Address of Station:
1515 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

Trains serving BAL:
Acela Express
Regional
Metroliner
Crescent
Silver Service/Palmetto
Vermonter
The Federal
Cardinal/Hoosier State

Directions to the host hotel from the train station

From the station on North Charles St. go north and turn right onto East Lanvale St. Shortly after (.1 mi) turn right onto Maryland Route 2/St. Paul St. After half a mile turn left onto East Eager St. You will quickly merge onto the Jones Falls Expressway, or Interstate 83 South. After .8 miles the Jones Falls Expressway will become North President St. After 1.3 miles on the Expressway/President St., turn left onto Aliceanna St. The host hotel should be on your left.

Mapquest estimated time: 6 minutes, probably closer to 15 in traffic.