Welcome to my blog about Washington D.C.! Each different post I will walk you through different aspects of the city and how to make the most out of your trip in our nation’s capital. There are a lot of interesting things to do in and around D.C., and I plan to share them with you. Along with that, I will share some tips and tricks that I have learned from my many, many times visiting the city.
Since this is my first post I decided to start with transportation to and in the city. First things first, if you are thinking about driving to the city and driving around while in the city, don’t. Plain and simple, just don’t do it (trust me you will thank me for this). D.C. has some of the worst traffic in the nation, making what would normally be a 30-minute drive into the city, a three-hour car ride from hell. Not only is getting to the city bad with trying to get onto the beltway, but once you get in the city, things just get even worse. Certain roads turn into one-way streets at certain times of day, you can’t make certain turns at certain times of day, roads are often closed, traffic is backed up light to light, and also you will spend half your day just trying to find somewhere to park.
With there being so many issues with driving to and in D.C., I STRONGLY recommend opting for alternative means of transportation.
The best option, in my opinion, to get into and out of D.C. is by taking the Metro. You can pick up the public train at just about anywhere outside of the city, either in Maryland or Virginia, and it takes you into downtown. The whole system is fairly straight forward to figure out with there being 6 different color lines that all connect to each other through different stations. To ride, you get a fair card and load it with money (there are kiosks to do this at every single metro station), you just swipe your card on your way into the station and swipe it again on your way out and the fair is deducted from the balance on that card. 
Usually, the trip will cost you anywhere from around $2-$6 depending on time you travel (peak or off peak) and the distance (which stop you got on and off at). Here is a link to the metro website to find out more info.
Another alternative way to get around in the city is using the Captional Bikeshare program. For $8 a day, you can rent a bike that you ride around the city on. There are stations located all around the city where you can walk up, take out a bike, bike to where you want to go, and then drop off the bike at another kiosk at the place you wanted to go. I strongly recommend this for people who want to travel around a lot, going to see all the different monuments, museums, and other attractions. There are apps to help navigate the system and here is the Captial Bikeshare website.
Hope to you join me again next week to learn about another aspect of our nation’s capital!
You seem to know a lot about traveling into the city, which is awesome to be able to embrace the opportunities in the world! Your idea for your passion blog is creative and beneficial because as college students, we need to find inexpensive ways to discover and to learn about different areas of the world. I enjoyed how you actually gave your readers advice about traveling because very few people know how to navigate crowded areas such as Washington D.C. For your next post, you should include unique restaurants or food trucks with different types of food that people will enjoy. You could also include free museums and events happening in Washington D.C.