Bonifant Street Garages In Silver Spring

The Bonifant Street garage has been a blessing for me. I like to use public transportation for most of my trips. I have found that by driving from College Park to the Bonifant Street garage in Silver Spring, it allows me to make the majority of my trips on public transportation, with the highest degree of flexibility and selection of services.

You walk out the back of the garage, and you are about 100 yards from the Sarbanes Transportation Center. A huge variety of MetroBuses and RideOn buses service the transit center. In addition, the Red Line and MARC Train also service the transit center, and the purple line, when it ever gets built, will also service the transportation center.

There was an article in the Greater Greater Washington website by Dan Reed: https://ggwash.org/view/61694/silver-spring-could-get-a-big-music-and-sports-venue

I would hate to see those garages go the way of the dinosaur. Yes, I could park in the Wayne Avenue garage, but then it is about a half a mile walk to the transit center. I am handicapped, and have handicap tags on my car. I can park in the Bonifant Street garage for free. At the Wayne Avenue garage, I would still have to pay, up until 9 PM. I work in Bethesda, and usually work until 10 or 11 at night. The J2 bus is a wonderful cross town bus that goes from Montgomery Mall to Silver Spring. It runs until well after midnight during the week, and after 11 PM on Sundays.

In addition, I like to visit a friend who lives in Rockville, MD. My preferred method of travel, is to park in the Bonifant Street garages, take the Q bus to Rockville or to the bus stop on Rockville Pike at the intersection of Hungerford (Rockville Pike) and College Parkway. I can walk in from there if need be, but my friend will usually be available to pick me up there. I can also take the RideOn 45 bus from Rockville to a stop at the end of her condo complex's driveway. Recently, I've been taking my bicycle on the Metro and/or the MetroBus, and riding in from Hungerford and College Parkway. Bicycle is a great gap filler when using public transportation. Try it.