Public Transportation is extensive. Buses stopping in Burleith are the D2 bus, which runs down 35th and 37th Street on a loop between Glover Park (farthest point near Stoddert School) and the Dupont Circle Metrorail station, and the D6 bus, which runs down Reservoir Road to and from Sibley Hospital on MacArthur Boulevard and continues past Dupont Circle to downtown (serving the National Archives and Union Station on the way).

Buses stopping near Burleith include the Wisconsin Avenue lines, the 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38 buses, which run along Wisconsin Avenue, M Street, and Pennsylvania Avenue between the DC-MD border and downtown. Other bus routes stop in Georgetown (at the University campus, for example). The nearest Metrorail (subway) stops are Tenleytown and Dupont Circle (Red line), and Foggy Bottom and Rosslyn (Blue/Orange lines), all about 1 mile away. For full details, including route maps and timetables, see the DC Metro web site.

New! In 2001, the Georgetown Metro Connection bus service was initiated by the Georgetown business improvement district (BID). These blue buses run every 10 minutes along Wisconsin Avenue and M St, connecting Georgetown to the Rosslyn, Foggy Bottom, and Dupont Circle Metrorail stations. Fare is 50 cents, ore 25 cents with rail transfer. The closest blue bus stop to Burleith is at Wisconsin and R Streets, which is the northern boundary of the BID. For more information, see the BID web site.