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Youth 18 and younger ride free!

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Get your FREE Youth ORCA card


Take transit to fun!

Taking transit is easy!

Use Plan My Trip to find the best way to get where you want to go.
Track your ride with Find My Bus.
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Tap your ORCA card when you get on the bus and you're good to go!

Youth ride free — a seriously great deal!

Transit is free for riders 18 and younger thanks to Move Ahead Washington, a statewide transportation funding package.

Ready to get started?

  • Get a new ORCA card online at  myORCA.com , in person at the RideStore, or by mail. You'll need to provide proof of age to get your free Youth ORCA card. 
  • Register your ORCA card online or with the myORCA app for Apple and Android.
  • Simply tap your ORCA card on readers at bus, ferry, train, and light rail stations. 

Get your FREE Youth ORCA card

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Need help planning a trip?

Contact our Customer Care team for additional assistance. This team of transit experts can help you with questions and concerns, and can help with personalized trip planning and even printed route maps and schedules.

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Free Youth Fare is supported with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. The CCA supports Washington’s climate action efforts by putting cap-and-invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health. Information about the CCA is available at http://www.climate.wa.gov/.