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As a local, I second Eli's advice. Do pay close attention to drop off points with buses. There are 4 major bus drop off points in Baltimore. Megabus drops off at White Marsh Mall out in the suburbs, which is about a 25 minute drive to downtown. There are no good transit options to downtown from White Marsh, so you'll have to get a cab or Uber/Lyft. Not recommended unless you have a friend in town picking you up. Chinatown buses mostly drop off at the Baltimore Travel Plaza, which is on the Southeast side of the city, about a 15 minute cab/Lyft/Uber ride to downtown. Or, you can take the MTA Navy line bus from the Travel Plaza to the conference hotel. They are supposed to run every 10-15 minutes during the day but in reality its more like every 20-25 minutes. Probably not the best option unless you are staying on the East side of town. Greyhound buses drop off at the Greyhound station, which is just west of downtown. A quick cab or bus ride, or if traveling light its not a super far walk. Perhaps 15 minutes. Bolt Bus drops off at Penn Station, which is just a quick light rail trip, bus ride, or taxi ride downtown. You can also get the free bus (Charm City Circulator) from Penn Station to downtown. Bolt buses tend to fill up quickly so I'd book in advance if going that route. Best, Tim On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 7:50 PM, Gary Gottlieb <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Eli is right, there is a vast difference between bus services. If you want > to compare all buses including departure and arrival locations along with > price and timetables try https://www.wanderu.com/ > > The train is more serene, however the bus is much less expensive, > especially as the event gets closer. Just like flights, train tickets cost > much more as the travel date nears. > > Gary Gottlieb > Co-Chair, AES Historical Committee, DC Section Secretary, and Former > Governor, Audio Engineering Society > Executive Director,St. Louis Audio Project > http://stlaudio.org/ > Author, Shaping Sound in the Studio and Beyond, Recording on the Go & How > Does It Sound Now? (Winner of the 2010 ARSC Award for Excellence in > Historical Recorded Sound Research) > http://stlaudio.org/gottlieb/ > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 7:36 PM, Eli Bildirici < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Just booked at the last minute. For anybody on the Eastern Seaboard > > looking at transportation options - I opted to go with a bus, given the > > relative expense in comparison to trains (which are also notoriously > > unreliable thanks to our wonderful, forward-thinking political leaders). > I > > found that different companies will have different pickup/drop-off > > locations. MegaBus will leave you somewhere on the outskirts of town - > > would take another hour to get to the hotel by public transportation - > but > > BoltBus will drop you off somewhere near Baltimore's Penn Station. There > > are other options I'm sure, but regardless, pay attention to where the > > drop-off location is - I only bothered to check at the last minute. > > > > Eli > > > -- Timothy Wisniewski, M.L.I.S. Visual Materials Archivist Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions 5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 235 Baltimore, MD 21209