Maps & Transportation
A variety of transportation options makes it easy to get around Baltimore and the surrounding areas.
Public Transit
Maryland Transport Administration
The Maryland Transport Administration (MTA) operate public transit in and around the Baltimore metropolitan area. Several routes make stops at the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore campus and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Visit the Maryland Department of Transportation website to view all MTA transportation schedules, plan your commute, access transit maps, and more.
- The MARC Train is a commuter rail system that serves several Maryland counties, Washington and parts of West Virginia. Trains make stops at Penn and Camden stations in Baltimore City. To get to The Johns Hopkins Hospital from the MARC, transfer to a local bus or the Charm City Circulator.
- The Metro Subway, an aboveground and underground train, follows a northwest-to-southeast route from Owings Mills to The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
- The Light Rail, an aboveground train, takes a north-to-south route from Hunt Valley to Glen Burnie and the Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Thurgood Marshall Airport. To get to The Johns Hopkins Hospital, get off at Lexington Market and transfer to the Metro Subway.
- The Local Bus Service includes CityLink, LocalLink, and Express BusLink services, which radiate out from major streets reaching suburb-to-suburb and suburb-to-downtown.
- The Commuter Bus Service, or BaltimoreLink, improves regional mobility by making it easier to reverse-commute from central Baltimore out to growing regional job centers.
Other Transit Services
- The Charm City Circulator, a fleet of 30 free shuttles operated by the Baltimore City Department of Transportation, hasmultiple routes in Baltimore City. The Green Route travels to the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore campus.
- The Baltimore Collegetown Shuttle is a free transportation service for students, staff, and faculty at three participating schools in the Baltimore region.
- The Baltimore Water Taxi and the free Harbor Connector offer water transportation to dozens of attractions and neighborhoods around the Baltimore harbor.
- Baltimore has a wide variety of taxicab services, and rideshares such as Uber and Lyft, to get you where you need to be.
- Zipcar offers round-trip car rentals by the hour or day through their car sharing app. You can also rent an electric scooter for shorter commutes.
Bicycling
Whether for your commute or as weekend recreation, biking is a great way to get around Baltimore. Bike lanes and shared-use trails accommodate the city’s active bike culture.
Johns Hopkins Shuttles
The Johns Hopkins courtesy shuttles provide free-of-charge transportation for students and employees to the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore campus, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, The Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus, and several satellite offices and parking lots. A Johns Hopkins ID is required to ride the shuttle.