As of September 1, 2022, people age 18 and younger can take transit for free thanks to Move Ahead Washington, a statewide transportation funding package. We are excited to bring the freedom of transit to a new generation!
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Sound Transit requires fares on all buses and trains, except for youth 18 and under. Use your ORCA card or the Transit GO Ticket app for touch-free payment.
The easiest way to pay for your ride is with an ORCA card, which you can purchase at a ticket machine. Ticket machines accept cash and credit/debit cards such as Visa or MasterCard. Or buy a ticket on your phone with the Transit GO Ticket app. Buses also accept exact cash fares.
Ride for free within Bend and across Central OregonCascades East Transit went fare free during the pandemic on all fixed route and on-demand services, such as Dial-A-Ride. Ride the bus across Central Oregon for free! While regular transit services are fare free, recreation shuttles still have fares as listed below.
- The Washington government voted to institute free bus rides for all starting in the summer of 2023. Washington, D.C., has enacted a zero-fare bus bill into law, according to the D.C. Council.
The ORCA card is the easiest way to pay your transit fares in the Puget Sound region. After loading your ORCA card with E-purse (electronic purse) funds, and/or a monthly pass, you're ready to ride! The ORCA card will automatically track paid fares and transfers, so you don't have to.
ORCA cards are not included in the day pass price. Adult ORCA cards cost $3. ORCA RRFP cards are initially issued at no fee to senior riders (age 65+) and riders with disabilities.
The ORCA card (standing for One Regional Card for All) is a contactless, stored-value smart card system for public transit in the Puget Sound region of Washington, United States.
Seattle is notorious for its traffic jams, so avoid them: most visitors find they do just fine here on foot, or using public transportation. Unless you're planning on taking a lot of day trips out of the city, you don't need your own car to enjoy a vacation in Seattle.
No city in Washington made the top ten most walkable cities nationally, but both Seattle and Tacoma were among those with the largest growth in pedestrian commuters over the past five years. In good news for the Washington-Oregon rivalry, Seattle won out over Portland in pedestrian commuters 9.1 percent to 5.7 percent.
The maximum amount of E-purse value that may be held on an ORCA Card at any time is $400. E-purse value on an ORCA Card is deducted to cover the applicable fare of a trip less any transfer value (except on Washington State Ferries where no transfer value is recognized).