A nice eco friendly way to get to Dulles Airport without the headache. While helping family…read morenavigate to get from and to the airport, I discovered this gem. Pick up is Lfant plaza. The cost is $7 each way. Drop off in front. However plan ahead like for any trip, get here at least 2 hours early in case of traffic. And don't be a seat hog. Put your luggage in the luggage compartments. Your luggage shouldn't be rolling down the aisles, hitting my feet.

Quick and convenient sums it up most of the time. This is an express bus with 4 total stops: Dulles…read moreAirport, Herndon-Monroe Park and Ride, Rosslyn Metro Station, and L'Enfant Plaza Station. The two metro stops are transfer points to other lines. Note that the pick up and drop off locations at L'Enfant are different. Depending on traffic, the trip can be from 30-60 minutes. Other than not having many stops, this bus is able to take Dulles Toll Road in the express lane. While this is an express bus to Dulles, it is essentially a commuter bus. This, there really isn't a place to put your luggage like the airport buses. If you intend to take the bus to catch a flight, plan accordingly. If major accidents/inclement weather occurs or its rush hour, the arrival time of the bus may vary. If there are people waiting, then the bus operators do their best to fit everyone on board. However, this can lead to people standing for the commute until the last stop. If you are pretty short and the bus is packed, aim to stand near the doors where the poles are or hold on to the headrests of the seats. Otherwise it's painful to hold on to the overhead bars for so long. The fare is $7.50 via SmartTrip card (can be bought at any metro station) or exact change. There is no metro operated vehicle parking at the two metro stations. The parking at Herndon-Monroe is currently free, but I imagine that will change once the silver line station there opens up. Then it will be $4.95. Dulles Airport has its own paid parking. Note that WMATA is considering ending Bus 5a when the silver line metro station at Dulles Airport opens. This is still a proposal and not yet decided upon as of February 2020.

It was a super good and (&) sheltered place to wait for the fairfax connector buses. There is a…read moresmall office on site where you could go on in and get bus pAsses and schedules from the super friendly and courteous staff inside. The entire transportation complex is within a super short walking distance of the shops, residences and restaurants of the distinguished Reston Town Center. (This did not exist in 1975). :) Dave

BBC Express delivered us to the Airport and back home on our recent overseas trip. The van was on…read moretime, it was clean and warm. The driver was courteous and safe. What more could we ask for? We have used them on multiple occasions and they have never let us down.

What will $40 coupled with a dashing smile and a charming personality get you ? Well maybe that,…read morebut a more surprising answer awaits you at the end of this review. Yelp events always seem to be downtown and I live in Reston Town Center. It is clearly enlightened social consciousness rather than the furtive whispers one hears of proactively planning to partake of free wine that drives my use of public transportation to get to these events. Good planning by Miriam results in many of the events being located within walking distance of an Orange line stop. Bus Route 505 is the link between Town Center and the West Falls Church Metro station. Other than only having a $1 cover charge the best thing about this bus is that one can now use their SmartPass to pay. This aspect needs more publicity. I cite the female lollygaggers who flaunt all the principles of topology by managing to deposit well over 100 coins one by one into the boarding vending machine while everyone on the bus noticeably ages. There is no way a purse can actually hold all of those coins, then again this could be a masculine bias in volumetric perception. The relative bang for the buck that you get for your cover charge is highly correlated with the time of boarding. Basically be sure to ride after 10 pm. If your concept of value is more Swiss then don't board between 5pm and 6 pm. ESOL ? Anytime works. So in addition to Yelp parties this is also the bus one takes to get to Wolf Trap. Take the 505 to West falls Church and then get the shuttle. No problem, unless it is Sunday night. I learned the hard way that the shows let out after the last bus back to Reston. The shuttle bus driver said relax all will be good. After everyone else got off he actually drove us and 4 other friends back to Reston. The $40 tip made his day.

First of all it's a Metro station so there is only so much that can be said. However, this is one…read moreof the new Silver Line stations that we've all been waiting ages for, so it's worth some notes. First of all, multiple bathrooms that are easy to find. The stations in the District do have bathrooms but over the years they've for all practical purposes been shut for customer use. So having two or three bathrooms in a visible location and clean is a big plus. Hopefully the "clean" part is kept up. This location is also where the shuttle bus to the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum leaves from. Getting to the museum has always involved driving and paying $15 to park, or a long bus ride with potential traffic issues. This hopefully opens up the museum to those who might not otherwise have an opportunity to visit. There isn't much else around the station yet but given all the growth that sprung up around the older 1st phase stations of the Silver Line, that won't be the case for long.

The manager on duty weekday evenings is always friendly and helpful to myself and other riders. Big…read morefan of metro. Keep up the great work!

Absolute worst transit system I have used. I have been using Fairfax Connector for 5 weeks now to…read moreget home from the Metro station at Wiehle-Reston. I have only gotten home when I was supposed to about once a week. At least 2-3 times a week the bus I take is either late by more than 20 minutes or comes to the stop only to break down, causing major delays. Fairfax connector truly needs an upheaval of their operations. Or at least correct the bus' arrival times to account for traffic, etc.

If they don't drive by you when you've been waiting at the bus stop for 30+ minutes on a freezing…read moreday, they are usually okay. It is a bus service so not much to say here. They are mostly on time (unless they don't come at all). The buses are okay, pretty new so they are clean enough and maintained alright. Don't expect anything very comfortable, quiet, or too clean and you will be fine.

After having a not-so-great experience taking an Uber from the airport to my hotel, I made a…read morereservation with DC Yellow Cab for my ride to the airport. I was able to easily make a reservation at dcyellowcab.com, and my reservation was confirmed via email. On the day of my pick-up, I was sent a text shortly before my driver arrive so I could track how close he was to the hotel. My driver Mohamed picked me up in front of my hotel and handled my luggage with care. It was a smooth ride to the airport. Mohamed was polite and professional. My experience with DC Yellow Cab was better than Uber. I will reserve with DC Yellow Cab again on my next trip to DC.

Despite having a previously bad experience with Yellow Cab, I thought maybe they'd mended their…read moreways. So I gave them another so I booked a ride several days in advance of my scheduled clinic appointment. Today I'm waiting to hear from Yellow Cab that my ride's on the way or it's arrived. Nothing! I call and I'm told They don't yet have a driver for me but they're still looking! What!??? I find they've scheduled my ride's is scheduled to be at my home at 10:4am. The time I'm supposed to arrive at the clinic! Whomever I was talking to just kept repeating that my ride's for 10:45am. I hung up cursing. I get a call saying that cat # whatever is on the way. OK. Maybe this won't be too bad. Cab picks me up at approximately 10:37. On the way I see his meter running so I ask if I'm being charged for this ride? I most definitely am. So I'm being charged twice for the same ride! I'm totally and completely done with Yellow Cab!

Updating to 1 star for the follow- up response. Reserving was easy, they took 50% deposit and then…read morewe paid the remaining a few days before our event. I was told the limo ride comes with ice and bottled water and that the driver would arrive 10 minutes prior to our designated pickup time. The driver was fantastic, arrived early, was very nice and got us to our destination on time. He did the same for the ride home. The hummer h2 itself was not equipped with any glasses, ice or water. The carpet was dirty. They advertised that it seats close to 18 but our group of 12 were squashed. It would have been nice to be given instructions on how to use the tv or music but nothing was written inside. Looking at my receipt I was charged for an 18 passenger but got a 14 passenger. When I got out I asked about the water and the driver said it was inside in the cooler. When we finished up, we went back into the limo and there was nothing. Be sure to check what your getting. Update: I have 12 witnesses who will agree that there was no water in that limo. I'm not sure why this company would flat out lie.

Excellent service! I hired Dulles Limousine for a work event - a half-day tour to specific sites in…read moreNorthern Virginia. The communication and rates were excellent. The driver was punctual, knew his routes, knew where to park and wait (this is not always the case!), and was friendly and professional. The charter was spotless and comfortable. Highly recommend.