How To Get Around Seattle | Cheap Public Transport 101
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Today we're talking about how to get around Seattle for cheap. We'll be discussing the best public transportation in the city to make your trip the best it can be.
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Great tips! One thing to remember is that to transfer between modes of transport (or between systems like SoundTransit's light rail and King Co Metro buses), you'll NEED to use the ORCA card. Otherwise there are no transfers and you'll pay full fare for each leg. If you ride the lightrail from the airport using your ORCA card, then get on a bus within that 2-hour window, you most likely won't have any extra fare to pay on the bus. The transfers also mean that you can take a bus, run some errands, and ride back on the same fare, within that 2-hour window. There is no transfer credit when riding the monorail, though (it's always full fare) and I think that applies to the ferries as well (both the water taxi and the WA State ferries... again, 2 different systems).
Thanks Erica! And that's FANTASTIC advice! Thanks for sharing those tips! 😊
@@SharingtheRoad Sure thing! I live here in Seattle and have gone 5 years without a car. I have taken way more Ubers the past 2 years, but hope to be getting back to the bus soon... thank you for covering it and saying that it's actually pretty good! I find it pretty convenient!
Orca is great if you are 65 or older. I got my Orca card by mail from Maine by sending proof of my age along with the $5 fee. That automatically gave me senior fares on the bus, light rail and ferries. Also the money you put on the Orca card doesn't expire. It is non-refundable though. I got my Orca card 5 years ago and use it whenever I visit Seattle.
The monorail DOES accept transfers when using ORCA cards! But you will pay a small upcharge usually, since the fare is higher than the the amount you paid for the transfer.
We are family of 4, Thats including 2 kids. We cant share ocra card? We all have to have one card each?
When in a big city, I really enjoy public transportation. I grew up in NYC and taking bus and train is a no brainer for me. Now I'm looking forward to going there. Thank you.
The primary issue with the way that transit is structured in Seattle is the hub and spoke layout. If you are out of downtown and want to to east or west you often need to head into downtown and then back out to your destination. I'm hoping that once they have the light rail more built out that they can repurpose the longer haul buses to cross town busses.
I was really impressed with how comprehensive this video was. It covered everything from the different types of public transportation to how to buy tickets and use the system. I feel much more confident about getting around Seattle now. What are some of the most scenic public transportation routes in Seattle?
I spent $3 to get from airport to downtown.
Then $8 each day on bus day passes.
Then $3 again back to airport.
Meaning I spent $30 in total in transportation….meanwhile people I went with decided to rent a car and spent over $350 in all related fees and saw less than I did 🤔
WELL DONE! That's so great to hear! 😊
Sharing the Road, Happy Summer! I am a Seattleite and have been on public transportation my whole life, 61 years young (: THANK YOU for the kudos of our PT system, I think it is great too! It has REALLY improved in the last ten (10) years! Have a fabulous summer!
Thank you very much! We were very impressed by how accessible and easy the public transportation was. Seattle is such a great city. And happy summer to you too! 😀
I've heard so much about Seattle, it's definitely a must-see on the West coast! I've heard there is so much to see within the city, including that quirky gum street! Great video as always! :)
Beautiful tour! You guys always did a great job. Very detailed on information and entertaining! ❤️
❤ well, public transportation in Seattle isn’t necessarily cheap, but it is useful and it’s expanding. Thank you for the video. Love seeing Rauf footages of my beautiful city.❤
Loved your video, the editing and energy of it. Seattle looks amazing. Would love to visit here. Thanks for sharing, Sue 👍
Nice tour and informative.
I was stationed on an aircraft cattier in Bremerton for 3+ years.
We would always foot ferry across the sound to Seattle to go shopping, day/night out, attend pro Games, etc.
It was really easy and very cool.
Take care!
Thank you for your service Tim! Sounds like you made the most of your time in and around Seattle! 😊
We love your content. Always informative and entertaining. Seriously, great video guys 👏🏼
Thank you so much! We're glad you found it useful! 😊
love this. going to seattle in august and ive been binge watching youtube videos before going. thanks for the content
I was born next to Seattle and I’ve always wanted to come back to it. I’ve only been there 2 times to memory and I’m so desperate to go back. I have to remind myself that good things happen to people who wait. 😊
So for now in my little room in south Texas, I will find a way to go back to my one true home in Seattle.
Hang in there. I'm feeling the same way. Grew up in Seattle in the 50s. Lived in Boston and Washington DC but always wanted to go back. Couldn't find nicer people and you're always crossing over water. Miss all of it. Lived on Cap Hill, Queen Anne, Magnolia, Yesler near China Town. But miss Ballard the most!
The best of luck to you in getting home!
Awesome tour! Like it! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful weekend!
Sound Transit, KC Metro, and City of Seattle should use this as their transit promotion video!
Heading there tomorrow & your video was very helpful. Thank you for sharing that with us.
Thank you for this video! Heading to Seattle soon, so this was really helpful!
Love the video, such good information. Seattle looks so cool.
Great vid, super informative and concise! The bus screech at the end when trying to talk seems about right when shooting a video in a city as well😂 Take care!
Amazing. Thanks for showing us around.
To get to the cruise terminal at pier 91 from SeaTac airport, it's best to take line 1 from SeaTac Airport station to University Street/Symphony station; bus route 24 links the station with the cruise terminal. Bus route 33 also links downtown with the cruise terminal, but requires a transfer at Westlake station.
Great info. Hoping to be in the Seattle area this summer so this is going to come in handy. Thank you.
Hope it's a great trip! We'll be releasing a video of the top things to do in Seattle shortly as well! 😊
Important thing to note: At the moment, the off-board ORCA readers only work for the RapidRide buses (the ones designated with a letter). All other buses have on board payment only. It's not a super big deal tho since you automatically get a transfer.
Actually, on third avenue in downtown this isn’t true. You can tap your card at an off board reader and board any metro bus on third avenue. For non rapidride routes outside of downtown you’d be correct. For instance the orca reader on 188th and international boulevard won’t get you on a 161 to burien, but it will be valid on the RapidRide A line.
Speaking of RapidRide, most RapidRide buses and even some trolley buses (see my comment above about third avenue) have orca readers at all doors. So on RapidRide buses you can board through any door even if the stop doesn’t have a functioning orca reader. Trolley buses probably just third avenue. But I might be wrong in this case.
Seattle is amazing! We’ve been there before but never knew about the monorail. Looks fun!
Excellent job, guys, and thanks for sharing a very informative video! We enjoyed it, and have a wonderful day! 💞
Thank you very much! Glad you found it useful!
Wonderful video, Thanks a lot guys!
Thanks for this video about Seattle!
Thank you guys! Me and my boyfriend are going to Seattle on April this year and one of my concerns was the transportation-Uber rates, but this video you make it look so affordable and easy to cope with. Thank you very much for this content, I already suscribed to your channel and I am about to jump into the next Seattle video you guys have.
Thx for this positive review of my beautiful hometown…we love and welcome all visitors!
Thanks! It really is a one of a kind city! 🙂
These are so good! I was able to have one of these before.
roses are red, violets are blue
there's trains and trams in my playlist two
there ya go, that somehow rhymed :))
Excellent video production and such beautiful shots around Seattle, along with all this interesting information!
Thank you for sharing all these with us!👍Have a wonderful day!
Thank you!
Agreed very good video
Thank you for this. I am moving to Seattle for an Internship and this was helpful on know how to get around while leaving my car at home
Very helpful, We are planning to visit Seattle by summer. Very helpful . Gorgeous weather
Hello we are from the wbj channel and we are subscribing to help your channel, keep up the good work! ✌️
Beautiful smart city. And I just want to say wow. this is some great editing Work😃😃 I wish you a lot of success with the channel and happy life.
Awesome place. Great information, friend. Thanks.
Great tips 👍 there’s a lot of cool stuff to see 😀
There certainly is! Thanks! 😊
✍️The $5 for the ORCA card counts for transportation 😱
✍️One swipe at the bus gets you two hours of riding!
✍️Water taxis are different than ferries
✍️The monorail exists
Things I learned from this video that I had no clue about even after visiting Seattle twice and reading about public transit on the official government pages. 🤦🏼♀️ Thank you so much for making this content. The bus thing especially just relieved a lot of my anxiety!
They've made it a bit clearer in Seattle once you get there by saying the ORCA card has a "minimum load" of $5, not that it costs $5.
PERFECT VIDEO THANKS FOR SHARING
We're not that far from there.. we often find it hard to drive around and find parking in Seattle. Great to know about these helpful information about the public transportation in Seattle. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Grace! Yes, we've heard it can be tough parking downtown too! We found the public transportation to be very efficient and easy, and certainly easier than circling for parking!
Living in Seattle a little over a decade, I gotta say Seattle's public transit ain't that bad compared to a lot of cities. The light rail can get you from the airport to downtown pretty quick as well as Cap Hill & the University of Washington. And in about 2-3 years from all around the Puget Sound from Federal Way to Bellevue & the Eastside to Lynwood. Plus our Busses act like subways, moving frequent and everywhere. If you live in the actual city of Seattle of Seattle (Rainier Beach to Lake City) you do not need a car. However one thing this video left out: ride at your own risk. There are some crazy people on the light rail and busses, so stay street smart.
A native Seattleite, I can vouch for it being a good system, but it has nothing on other major cities with far more advanced setups. As for the crazy people: yeah, be careful. Usually its quiet, safe and clean but every so often you never know what you will see when on board.
@@AJ.911 absolutely. But like I said in my original post, within Seattle proper. (Between Lake City and Rainier Beach). The closer to light rail the better.
Thank you SO MUCH me and my wife will be visiting and we will need to use the public transit
We hope you have a great trip!!! Thanks!
Nice video! Love the tips! Keep it up!
Thank you! 😊
Thank you; this was very helpful. Am planning to visit the city in June and am currently researching how to get from the airport to downtown.
We're so glad you found it helpful! We hope you have a GREAT time when you visit!
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We are taking the train to Seattle in April and will use the information you supplied in this video as a guide to our visit. Thank's.
We're so glad you found it helpful John! We hope your trip to Seattle is great! Do you have anything exciting planned for then? With the trip being in April you have lots of time to prepare! 🙂
I'm gonna visit Seattle next week with no car, so this was a nice overview! Thanks for the ferry route recommendation. I'll probably take the ferry, then ride a rental bike back to downtown
We hope it's a great trip! 😊
Thanks for your video
Wonderfull footage nice sharing 👌👍
Beautiful walk!
We are coming from Pasadena, ca and using your guidelines as we explore Seattle after a footbal game after thanksgiving. Thank you 🙏🏽
You serve greatness indeed
We were meant to go to Seattle this weekend but ended up cancelling our trip sadly. We live in Canada (about 6 hours drive from Seattle). Hopefully we can do a road trip there one day 😊 great information!
Hope you can make it soon too! It's a great city!
Thank for the videos! This is very helpful. We are planning to be in Seattle in May 2024.
So glad you found it useful! We hope you guys have a great trip! Its an amazing city!
I was in Seattle 20 years ago. Great new transport system.
Super helpful video. Thanks!
We're so glad you found it helpful! We hope you have a great trip in Seattle! 😊
AWESOME UPLOAD MY FRIEND!! Love it! Regards from your new friend in Cayman Islands 🏝🙏
Thank you for sharing this guide. I'm going to Seattle in April so this is super helpful.
We hope you have an amazing trip!!! 😀
Thanks for the travel tips. How much do you need to load into the ORCA card to have it available for one day use?
Great sharing ❤️
Seattle is really awesome. I was there over 7 years ago and loved it. Thanks for showing it. LIKE 61. 👍👍👍
It really is a neat city!
😮thank you for the great video
So glad you found it useful! We hope you have a great time in Seattle!
Ty for this vid! ❤ Ty for riding bikes on street vs sidewalks!!
In Seattle now. Thanks, this helps a lot
Glad you found it helpful, and we hope you have a great trip! 😊
Hello my friend 🙋🙋🇨🇭
A very beautiful video from different parts of the city 👍👍
We’re visiting Seattle! Great video, keep it up!!!
Wow beautifull 🥰 amazing video 😍😍
Thank-u for posting. Taking a cruise next year, not sure whether to stay near airport or downtown.
Really helpful video. Will be visiting very soon.
We're so glad you found it helpful! We hope you have a great tip when you visit! 😃
Helpful video!
So glad you liked it!
Thanks for sharing! Very clear video. Very simple public transport system compared to some countries😊
Have a wonderful day so beautiful place to explore thanks for sharing keepsafe always ❤️
Thank you! 😊
o great information here guys
Great video! I'm going to Seattle for the second time ever next week. This time around I won't have a rental car so this has been very helpful in my planning!
Thanks so much! We hope you have a great trip!
When this COVID thing lifts Seattle is one of the places we are planning to go to. Thanks for the informative video!
It really is a great city to explore! We hope you have a great time when you make it to Seattle! 😊
Hello my new friends! Very informative video for Seattle visitors! Thanks for sharing!
Me and my girls are planning a girls trip this April and we are so pumped
Aw hope you have the best time!! 😊
Appreciate you 🙌
Great vid!
Thanks!
I’m coming to Seattle in September, loved the video, very helpful, really great tips, I’m coming from England, I so want to go to lake view cemetery and visit Bruce lee’s grave, it’s a personal thing I’ve always wanted to do, keep up the very good work guys, this really does help lots of people
Aww thanks for such a nice comment! That really means the world to us! We'll have to add Bruce Lee's grave to list of reasons to go back! 😊 We hope you have a fantastic time while there!
Wow! Hello! it's amazing!
Luv the video, planning to visit on January
Thats fantastic! We hope you have a great trip! Is there anything in particular you're most excited to see/do?
Wow such a great and interesting vidz my friend. Very impressive and beautiful place to see my friend. Keep it up and more vidz to come. Stay Safe and healthy always my friend.
Loved it
Thanks! Glad you found it useful!
New to seattle. I'd say your videos are very helpful..kudos..
Thank you so much! Comments like this mean the world to us! Thanks so much for sharing! 😊
Greetings from Malaysia, visiting Seattle next week, very informative video, thank you
We hope you have an AMAZING trip! And on a side-note, WE WANT TO VISIT MALAYSIA SO BAD!!!! It's been one of the top countries we want to visit, and we want to spend some time in Borneo. We plan to visit in the first half of next year, and make some more videos. Do you have any favorite places we should visit when there?
ohhh nice trip and really nice trip , so beautiful
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing
Your Welcome!
Thank you so much save me a ton of money since I arrived to Seattle and paid a Lyft when I should have taken the subway which saves a lot of money which I paid 50 to pike place.
Glad we could help Carlos! We hope you had a great time in Seattle! 😊
Great tour! Did not know that their transportation is this cheap. Shocker 😯😯.
very informatif video.Thanks for sharing my friend
Glad you liked it! 😊
Nice walking around 😍😍. Thank you for sharing your amazing video. Success for you my friend 😊👍
Thank you! 😊
Hi friend💫😍 hope you are doing great all your videos are so special you deserve the best gonna support you please keep posting more I really enjoy watchıng them wish you more success
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
Have a wonderful day full of joy and happıness 🤩😇
thank you mark!
(it’s a joke about how you look like mark zuckerberg at 0:08)
I'm afraid I haven't included something important.... well I'll find out! Metro is great but I'm still learning... thanks Metro.
We hope you have a great time in Seattle!
Very nice 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Hello, guys! A very interesting and useful share! Like your channel! Hope, really hope to visit Seattle almost once in life...It's such a fascinating city!
Thanks for your useful infos about transportation!
Wish you a joyful March and HUGS from Milan!
My big thumbs up for your awesome work.
Renata
Thank you so much! We would LOVE to make it to Milan someday, your architecture looks so stunning! Is there anything you'd recommend we see if/when we visit?! 😊
@@SharingtheRoad Hi, guys! On, it would be fantastic! Italy has SO MUCH to offer! And My Milan too! A perfect combination between history and modernity! Obviously a tour in the center of the city is a must see! And a tour on the roof top of the Duomo Cathedral that is truly a unique masterpiece of art!
And many WONDERFUL Churches , and the Sforzesco Castle, the Brera district, very picturesque as well as the Naviglio Grande Canal district, very romantic too....
And the new area, very modern but green at the same time.
Here there are the two residentisl buildings called Bosco Verticale. They won many awards for their beauty and sustenibility.
And the very classe fashion district too....
Oh, so many things to do and enjoy, guys! Hugs and cheers from Milan and see you soon!
Happy Sunday and week ahead! Renata
Oh, so many things to do
great video as a local i wanted to say the public transportation is awesome until you need it from like the south sound to uw every day for four years