PD Primer - PennDesign - University of Pennsylvania

getting around
nEW YoRK & WAShinGton, dC
nEW YoRK/dC
Amtrak If, for you, money matters less than
time, take Amtrak. It’s quickest and most comfortable.
You’ll find occasional hassles and delays, but
by and large you will be satisfied and comfortable.
AmtRAK
www.amtrak.com
Philly: 30th Street Station
nYC: Penn Station
$42-74 one way
1.5 hours
dC: Union Station
$40-54 one way
2 hours
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Fares can be much less if
you get lucky on the Hot
Deals link, much more if
you go via the overmarketed,
underwhelming
Acela. Plan ahead! Same
day ticket prices can go
up.
Amtrak’s ‘regional service’
to Washington’s Union Station (on Metro’s red line)
takes a little less two hours. One or two regional
trains depart every hour. Generally, the Metroliner
and Acela are less than half an hour faster for more
than twice the price, but sometimes there are website
will magically appear.
driving is the easiest way to get out of town
(two hours to New York, two and a half to DC),
but between tolls and gas you won’t beat the price
of the buses. Frequent trips will be speedier with an
E-ZPass. Directions to PennDesign and parking are
on page 10.
nEW YoRK & WAShinGton, dC
From Penn to nY
• from the South Street bridge, turn left onto the onramp
for I-76 W
• merge onto I-676 E toward “Central Phila” (on the
right)
• merge onto I-95 N toward Trenton (on the left)
• take EXIT 26 (on the right) to the Betsy Ross Bridge
• follow signs for “90 to 73”
• shortly after passing 295, exit on the right to NJ
Turnpike N to New York
From nY to Penn
• take NJ Turnpike S from New York
• take EXIT 4 (on the right) toward Philadelphia
• follow signs to the Betsy Ross Bridge
• merge onto I-95 S (on the left)
• take EXIT 22 onto I-676 W toward “Central Phila”
• exit onto I-76 W towards “Int’l Airport” (on the
right)
• exit onto South Street (on the left) and turn right
From Penn to dC
• from the South Street bridge, turn right onto the onramp
for I-76 E
following signs to the airport, you will:
• take EXIT 347A toward I-95 (on the left)
• I-76 will become 26th Street
• turn right onto PA-291 W and cross the bridge
• merge onto I-95 S (on the left)
• passing the airport on your left, follow signs for “I-95
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