On Sunday, May 4, 2025, the National Women’s Half Marathon will take place beginning at 7:00 am. The course will pass close to the GW Foggy Bottom Campus, resulting in road closures and increased vehicle traffic. The course will begin on Ohio Drive and move onto Rock Creek Parkway via Independence Avenue. For additional information, please visit the event website.
Road closures are scheduled to begin between 11:00 pm on May 3, 2025, and 6:00 am on May 4, 2025, and reopen between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm on May 4, 2025, dependent on location. The GW Vex will run on a regular schedule.
MPD reports that there will be numerous impacts to vehicular traffic on May 4, 2025. For timely traffic information, please visit MPD X (Twitter).
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) reports there will be impacts to bus routes near the event. Increased Metro traffic is anticipated at the Smithsonian and Federal Triangle stations. For timely Metro information, please visit WMATA X (Twitter).
GW’s Office of Emergency Management is collaborating with local and regional public safety organizations to monitor activity in the district and will send email and/or text alerts to the entire GW community if necessary. The latest safety and security information will be posted here on Campus Advisories.
For additional safety and security resources, visit the Safety website or download the GW Guardian app. Additional emergency management information from the District of Columbia is also available online.
All GW community members are automatically signed up to receive GW emergency email alerts. You can manage your GW Alert account to also receive GW text alerts on your mobile device. In addition to adding your mobile number, you can add up to three email addresses and phone numbers so that friends or family may also receive GW emergency alerts. Visit GW Alert FAQ for instructions on how to manage your account. In addition, for those who use mobile apps, the GW Guardian App will push GW emergency alerts directly to the app, as well as other safety functions.