Congressional Budget Office
Ford House Office Building, 4th Floor
Second and D Streets, SW
Washington, DC 20515-6925
The Congressional Budget Office is accessible via public or private transportation and within walking distance of the U.S. Capitol, the Library of Congress, the Botanical Garden, and the National Air and Space Museum.
The office building is located across the street from the Federal Center SW Metrorail station (on the orange and blue lines), with primary entrances on 2nd Street, SW, and 3rd Street, SW. Limited street and garage parking are available but are not provided by CBO.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA; formerly National Airport) is closest to CBO. Access from the airport to CBO is fast and easy because both places are served by Metrorail (the Blue line). We're across the street from the Federal Center SW station. Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) are less convenient, although still relatively close by.
Amtrak has many options for travel into Washington, D.C. If you intend to travel this way for a day trip, then you should arrive at Union Station and use Metrorail to get to CBO. At Union Station, you can get on the Red line heading to Shady Grove. You will change to the Orange or Blue line at the Metro Center station. Take the Blue line train heading to Addison Road or the Orange line train in the direction of New Carrollton. Get off at the Federal Center SW station.
If you plan to visit from out of town and stay overnight, two hotels are within easy walking/taxi distance of the office.
Holiday Inn Washington-Capitol at the Smithsonian
550 C Street, SW (6th & C Streets, SW)
Washington, DC 20024
Reservations/Information: (202) 479-4000
Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW (9th & D Streets, SW)
Washington, DC 20024
Reservations/Information: (202) 484-1000
The Metro station nearest to our office is at Federal Center SW. This station has only one exit, on the corner of 3rd & D Streets, SW, opposite the Ford House Office Building. The Federal Center SW station is on the Orange and Blue metrolines.
Metro system map
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority trip planner
This area is served by buses on the Anacostia-Eckington Line (P1,2,6).
Metrobus Schedule [PDF]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority trip planner