Baltimore Transportation Tips by Dabs

Taxis

I don't normally take a lot of taxis, I usually walk most everywhere or master the public transportation system but for BaltOberfest, it just made more sense to pile a group of us in taxis. You'll find plenty in the Inner Harbor area and along Charles Street, the main north-south street through town, cabs across town seemed to always set us back about $7-10 per ride.

The taxi to the airport was $40 + tip, Ellen thought that was high for not hitting traffic and so did I considering that the trip was only about 20 minutes. If you get a taxi from the Inner Harbor area to the airport, it looked like there was a fixed fee so check out the sticker inside the cab to make sure you are getting charged the right fare if you are in that zone.

Mode: AROUND

Type: Other

Super Shuttle

This is the 2nd city I've tried Super Shuttle in and it's the last. In NYC they were over a 1/2 hour late picking me up and several people on my shuttle probably missed their flights. This time in Baltimore they just never showed up for the return trip. After the 15 minute window, the hotel called them for me and they had my reservation and said that they would send another driver in the area. Another 15 minutes later, I had the hotel call me a cab, forcing me to pay $44 for a cab that they will probably not reimburse because I didn't get a receipt.

It was a decent alternative to a cab to get to the city, they leave every 20-30 minutes and they try to bunch the passengers by area. I waited about 20 minutes at the airport for my shuttle and we made one other hotel stop before getting to my hotel.

The cost was $12, $20 if you do a round trip. The return trip is booked at the airport, 2 hours in advance of your flight so if you do decide to use them, I would recommend calling them to confirm you are scheduled and then calling them right at your appointed time to make sure they are enroute. And if you have to take a taxi, get a receipt, they will reimburse you if you have one.

Mode: TO

Type: Other

Water Taxi Water Taxi Review

The water taxis are a fun way to get from the Inner Harbor area to various points on the water such as Fell's Point, Canton, Little Italy and Fort McHenry. An all day pass cost $8 (didn't appear to be any way just to get a one way fare) and the water taxis are fairly frequent, one pulls out and another pulls in. Buy your tickets on board

But I learned the hard way that they weren't the fastest method of transportation, I just missed one and then we waited for about 15 minutes to gather people, another 15 minutes to get to Tide Point (2nd stop) and another 15 minutes to walk to LP Steamers which appeared to be 2 blocks on the Water Taxi map but about 12 blocks in reality. Fortunately, they saved me some crabs :-)

On a sunny leisurely day, this would be a fun way to see the city and get some pictures of the Inner Harbor. I imagine some people just do a round trip on it for the boat ride.

Mode: AROUND

Type: Ship/Boat

Website: http://www.thewatertaxi.com/