How does Amazon ORCA card work?

ORCA cards automatically include a two-hour transfer between buses, trains, streetcars and water taxis. ORCA is suited to both occasional and frequent riders. ORCA cards can store funds in an “E- purse” to deduct fares as you ride, as well as unlimited monthly passes.



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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.

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The ORCA cards provided by Amazon are special 'monthly pass' cards, but you need either an ORCA E-Purse car or a Monthly Washington State Ferry Pass to be loaded onto your card to use the ferries. How might the policy change on remote work at Amazon affect its employees, and why did they stage a protest over it?

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Because the system stores value in your account rather than on the card itself, a single card cannot be used to pay for multiple riders.

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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).

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ORCA cards are for use on Sound Transit, King County Metro, Washington State Ferries, Community Transit, Everett Transit, Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit, King County Water Taxi, Seattle Streetcar and Seattle Center Monorail.

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Employee Comments They offer carpool dollars up to two a day for employees. Amazon offers Seattle employees a free, unlimited ORCA transit pass which covers all trips on multiple county local transit services (King County Metro, Sound Transit, Community Transit, Everett Transit, Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit).

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Your King County employee ID/ORCA card does not cover rides on Washington State Ferries. However, King County employees who commute as walk-on passengers on Washington State Ferries can sign up for pre-tax payroll deduction to buy a separate ORCA card loaded each month with a passenger ferry pass.

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