Getting around Seattle with Community Transit
Community Transit is here to get you where you want to go. We are proud to be a part of the Seattle community — we live here, ride here, and drive here. Wherever you need to go in Seattle, feel good about how you get there.
About Seattle
Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is home to many regional destinations. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States.
King County Metro provides frequent bus service within the city and surrounding county, as well as the South Lake Union Streetcar line and the First Hill Streetcar line. Sound Transit provides an express bus service within the metropolitan area, two Sounder commuter rail lines between the suburbs and downtown, and its 1 Line light rail line between the University of Washington and Angle Lake. Further Link light rail extensions are planned to reach Lynnwood to the north, Federal Way to the south, and Bellevue and Redmond to the east by 2024.
Washington State Ferries, which manages the largest network of ferries in the United States and third largest in the world, connects Seattle to Bainbridge and Vashon Islands in Puget Sound and to Bremerton and Southworth on the Kitsap Peninsula. King Street Station in Pioneer Square serves Amtrak intercity trains and Sounder commuter trains, and is located adjacent to the International District/Chinatown light rail station. ( Source: Wikipedia)
Community Transit provides several commuter bus routes to Seattle from its service area as well as DART paratransit service and Vanpool to riders venturing to Seattle from our service area.
Popular Destinations
Is your Youth ORCA card not working? It may need to be registered.
Back in August 2022, Community Transit began offering free rides for people 18 and younger on all transit services. To help encourage youth to take transit, Community Transit partnered with local schools and community partners to distribute Youth ORCA cards. Outreach has been a success, with thousands of cards distributed to youth across our service area.
If you received a Youth ORCA card from your school or a local organization, it may not be registered. Beginning Feb. 1, 2024, unregistered cards will no longer work when scanned.
Registering your ORCA card only takes a few minutes! Youth 18 and younger can register their card and request reactivation by visiting FreeYouthTransitPass.com or by calling the Community Transit RideStore at (425) 348-2350 . If you request reactivation online, please allow up to two weeks for your card to start working normally again. Calling Community Transit directly is the fastest way to get your card reactivated.
Youth ORCA cards that were ordered directly from myorca.com are automatically registered. Not sure if your card is registered? Fill out the form at the link or call and we can help answer your questions.
Youth 18 and younger are always allowed to ride for free, even if they don’t have an activated ORCA card. Just let the driver know that you are a youth rider when you board.
The Free Youth Transit Pass resulted from the Move Ahead Washington transportation package, passed by the Washington State Legislature in Spring, 2022, and was approved by the Community Transit Board of Directors in August 2022. Many transit agencies across the state offer free rides on their services. We are excited to bring the freedom of transit to a new generation!
