Sea26: Lots of places to go, easy ways to pay

Cross posted from Metro Matters You’re here–welcome to Seattle! We know most of you have plans on doing more than watching matches. Between matches—which you should be taking the Metro’s Match Day Shuttle to get to—you want to visit the locations that make Seattle and our region special. And we haven’t forgotten those who live…

ORCA Card ahoy! Limited-edition cards celebrating King County Water Taxi available

Cross posted from Metro Matters Summer is here and one of the best ways to enjoy a summer day is with a ride on the King County Water Taxi. If you’re going to ride the taxi, why not pay for it with a special-edition ORCA card sporting a water taxi at sunset? In celebration of…

Take the sting out of traffic and parking, use transit to get to the BeyHive!!

Cross posted from Metro Matters A silver celebration is arriving in Seattle and if you’re planning to be Ridin’ round in it, flawless, remember your ride should be transit!  You will have a number of transit options to arrive and enjoy Beyoncè as her Renaissance World Tour turns Lumen Field into her own personal “BeyHive.”…

Graphic depicting a blue ORCA card, new black ORCA card and mobile device showing the new ORCA app/website

New ORCA card system begins on May 16

Transit users will get a new app and real-time loading among new features Starting May 16, hundreds of thousands of ORCA transit customers across the Puget Sound region will have access to a new website, smartphone app, and real-time value loading for their ORCA cards. Customers will also begin to see new card readers and…