Public transportation in Seattle
Diverse and includes buses, trolleys, streetcars, ferry service, and monorail city trains. Ferries are a kind of large water buses. There are two types of transportation in Seattle - passenger transportation and transportation that can carry cars in addition to passengers. Monorail trains are a local attraction that has been in operation since 1962. This Seattle public transportation connects Seattle Center Park to downtown and runs along 5th Avenue. But the most common transportation is buses. Among them, RapidRide operates rapid transit routes, which have longer distances between stops than regular routes.
All buses have bicycle racks in the front, and inside the cabin, thin ropes are stretched along the walls. You can pull them to signal the driver to stop.
Transportation: travel tips
By the way, for using this transportation in Seattle, the advice to tourists is to always enter through the front door, having prepared small money to buy a ticket. This is purchased at a machine that doesn't give change. The ticket itself is issued by the driver. Prices for this transportation in Seattle are 2.50 USD in normal time and 3 USD during rush hours. The ticket is valid for a couple of hours on this route.
After 20:00 the number of buses on the routes decreases. And in the area between Battery Street, Pioneer Square and 6th Avenue, buses carry passengers for free from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the evening.
