Getting Around Seattle

I have lived in the Puget Sound area for thirteen years, and while our transit system is not the best organized, it can get you form A to B – eventually.

Below are some tools I use daily and weekly to find my way around.

Daily Tools

• One Bus Away - Provides (usually accurate) real time arrival information.
• Google Maps

Less Frequent Tools

• Sound Transit - Interagency connections by bus and by rail.
• ORCA website - ORCA is the card that will let you use all of these systems (except the Monorail.)
• WSDOT - WSDOT information for mountain passes and ferries.
• King County Water Taxi - can be useful.
• Seattle Streetcar - Mostly a joke of a system, but can be convenient from time to time.
• Seattle Monorail - With two stops, this is definitely a joke, but it has history and for some reason it is considered part of the transit system of Seattle.

Interesting Tools

• King County Metro System Map - an overview of the whole system.
• King County Metro Bus Tracker - track the busses along your route.