Comment thread "Ground transportation" for Washington Dulles International Airport

A taxi into DC should cost around $55-60. Here's a web site to estimate fares for specific destinations from DC to Dulles (the other way around you have to use Washington Flyer, which may charge differently):

http://citizenatlas.dc.gov/atlasapps/taxifare.aspx

A town car is probably about $10 more, but I haven't checked. The SuperShuttle costs around $27, with lots of extra stops -- it doesn't seem worth it (I remember being stuck on a SuperShuttle at LAX once, as it circled round and round for 15 minutes trying to get enough customers before it left: that's no fun after a long flight).

The cheapest option is take the WMATA 5A express bus from the airport to the L'Enfant or Rosslyn Metro stops. From what I've found online, it's $3.10 for the bus, and around $3 for the Metro. Here's the bus timetable:

http://www.wmata.com/timetables/dc/5a.pdf

And here's the trip planner on the WMATA site:

http://www.wmata.com/tripplanner_d/tripplanner.cfm