How To Get Around Seattle | Cheap Public Transport 101 

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).

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.

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 🤔

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?

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!

Sound Transit, KC Metro, and City of Seattle should use this as their transit promotion video!

Beautiful tour! You guys always did a great job. Very detailed on information and entertaining! ❤️

Thanks for your video

Wonderful video, Thanks a lot guys!

Amazing. Thanks for showing us around.

❤ 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.❤

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! :)

Loved your video, the editing and energy of it. Seattle looks amazing. Would love to visit here. Thanks for sharing, Sue 👍

Thank you for this video! Heading to Seattle soon, so this was really helpful!

Heading there tomorrow & your video was very helpful. Thank you for sharing that with us.

Awesome tour! Like it! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for this video about Seattle!

love this. going to seattle in august and ive been binge watching youtube videos before going. thanks for the content

PERFECT VIDEO THANKS FOR SHARING

roses are red, violets are blue there's trains and trams in my playlist two there ya go, that somehow rhymed :))

We love your content. Always informative and entertaining. Seriously, great video guys 👏🏼

Seattle is amazing! We’ve been there before but never knew about the monorail. Looks fun!

You serve greatness indeed

Love the video, such good information. Seattle looks so cool.

Beautiful walk!

Ty for this vid! ❤ Ty for riding bikes on street vs sidewalks!!

Awesome place. Great information, friend. Thanks.

These are so good! I was able to have one of these before.

Super helpful video. Thanks!

😮thank you for the great video

In Seattle now. Thanks, this helps a lot

Thx for this positive review of my beautiful hometown…we love and welcome all visitors!

I was in Seattle 20 years ago. Great new transport system.

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

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!

Great sharing ❤️

Thanks for sharing! Very clear video. Very simple public transport system compared to some countries😊

We’re visiting Seattle! Great video, keep it up!!!

Really helpful video. Will be visiting very soon.

Wonderfull footage nice sharing 👌👍

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.

ohhh nice trip and really nice trip , so beautiful

Thank you for sharing this guide. I'm going to Seattle in April so this is super helpful.

Helpful video!

thank you mark!

Oieee, estou muito feliz em estar aqui. Que trabalho belíssimo e maravilhoso, digno da mais pura admiração, parabéns. Deixo aqui de coração meu desejo de sucesso 🙌

Great tips 👍 there’s a lot of cool stuff to see 😀

Appreciate you 🙌

Excellent job, guys, and thanks for sharing a very informative video! We enjoyed it, and have a wonderful day! 💞

Thank you SO MUCH me and my wife will be visiting and we will need to use the public transit

Luv the video, planning to visit on January

Great info. Hoping to be in the Seattle area this summer so this is going to come in handy. Thank you.

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!

We are coming from Pasadena, ca and using your guidelines as we explore Seattle after a footbal game after thanksgiving. Thank you 🙏🏽

Loved it

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.

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.

Me and my girls are planning a girls trip this April and we are so pumped

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!

very informatif video.Thanks for sharing my friend

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.

o great information here guys

Have a wonderful day so beautiful place to explore thanks for sharing keepsafe always ❤️

Thank-u for posting. Taking a cruise next year, not sure whether to stay near airport or downtown.

Nice video! Love the tips! Keep it up!

Thank for the videos! This is very helpful. We are planning to be in Seattle in May 2024.

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.

Wow! Hello! it's amazing!

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.

Hello my new friends! Very informative video for Seattle visitors! Thanks for sharing!

Not too big a fan of the pnw but I definitely dig a city with great public transit.

Hello we are from the wbj channel and we are subscribing to help your channel, keep up the good work! ✌️

New to seattle. I'd say your videos are very helpful..kudos..

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.

Thanks for sharing

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

Great tour! Did not know that their transportation is this cheap. Shocker 😯😯.

Will be visting seattle in september

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.

Hello my friend 🙋🙋🇨🇭 A very beautiful video from different parts of the city 👍👍

Beautiful Seattle DEAR friends

I'm afraid I haven't included something important.... well I'll find out! Metro is great but I'm still learning... thanks Metro.

Awesome video

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!

AWESOME UPLOAD MY FRIEND!! Love it! Regards from your new friend in Cayman Islands 🏝🙏

When this COVID thing lifts Seattle is one of the places we are planning to go to. Thanks for the informative video!

Wow beautifull 🥰 amazing video 😍😍

Best

Greetings from Malaysia, visiting Seattle next week, very informative video, thank you

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!

Seattle is really awesome. I was there over 7 years ago and loved it. Thanks for showing it. LIKE 61. 👍👍👍

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

Great vid!

Nice walking around 😍😍. Thank you for sharing your amazing video. Success for you my friend 😊👍

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.

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

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.

Very nice 🙏🏿🙏🏿