Trains and buses have been late almost every single day the last several months. Many of my buses haven't shown up at all. I have to work during the pandemic and this is very stressful to deal with on a daily basis. It does not reflect the new COVID schedule at all, and it makes everything very hard to plan. I don't feel that I should even be required to pay when the service is so unpredictable. I am a big supporter of public transit, and use it in every city that I live in, but ive never experienced it being so unpredictable. I know the virus has caused a lot of issues, but with reduced services and less riders and traffic, they should at least be on time for the people who are relying on transit to get to work. read more

Literally the worst transit system that has ever existed. Not enough buses, they are CONSTANTLY running late, or miss the stop or you get lucky enough to catch the bus and the bus driver doesn't know the route or it is so packed that they have to deny people access to the bus after they've waited an hour to catch the bus. Find any other way to get from point A to point B. These buses are worthless. I've been forced to ride them for years and it gets worse every month and sound transit couldn't care less. Of you complain via email you get a canned response about how they're trying their best or it's their policy to not give a crap about their passengers. Their drivers are really really great at pulling away from the stop while you are chasing after the bus too, super helpful. I mistook this for public transportation, it's not that at all. They don't care about passengers at all, it shows in every interaction I have ever had with a driver or any other staff from whatever sound transit is. I wouldn't call it a business or organization, because businesses try to please their customers and organizations are somewhat organized, this must be a front for something else. The money they get doesn't go to more buses that's clear af or better buses. What are they spending money on??? STEP IT UP SOUND TRANSIT. YOU ARE THE WORST. Thanks for making my commute to work and home atrocious every day! read more

For intra-Seattle (in the narrow, native sense that is still trying to get West Seattle and Ballard declared separate cities) public bus transport, there is Metro Transit. For everything else, it's reliable old Sound (Transit.) How does the (illusion of) choice fare? + Nicer buses - No paper transfers from Metro buses and vice-versa + Fewer chances to get "lucky" by scoring a jackpot on the sketch roulette - Service still stops relatively early and some evening routes are infrequent + Going where the carless rarely go (Bellevue, Everett, Tacoma, etc.) - It's going to be forever and cost an incomprehensible amount of money before the much-delayed light rail services becomes a viable alternative. + The light rail is efficient and convenient along the route it does serve - As it's public transit, one occasionally still gets the crazy passenger or driver + The 560 has gotten me to the church, er, airport on time more than any other method. If one is faced with the choice of taking a Metro Transit bus/rail or driving, one should feel confident in the former on reliability, value and environmental impact. In fact, please do so we don't end up a budget shortfall that delays the rail expansion even further. read more

It's a start. Given that the lengthy north-south Seattle-Tacoma-Everett has at least twice the population of metro Portland, it's a little behind the 8 ball. Pros: - Light rail now connects downtown Seattle to the SEA airport - Sounder commuter rail goes from Everett to Seattle, and from Tacoma to Seattle - Buses go everywhere in Seattle, and its suburbs, including far flung places like Fall City, near Snoqualmie Falls (it's weird to see a bus winding its way down forested 2 lane roads) - The articulated buses are kind of cool, and sometimes they are fairly full - The buses generally feel safe and free of excessive drama (well, it's Seattle) - The airport is connected to the East Side via a bus to the Bellevue Transit Center Cons: - It took them a long time to finally put this system in place, compared to Portland which did so in 1986, and their bus tunnel under downtown had been in place for a very long time - While it makes sense to go south to the airport first, most Seattleites live north of the Ship Canal, it seems, and while it's arriving at UW in 2016, that doesn't even take Northgate and points north and above Northgate into account (thinking of traffic on I-5 north of the city) - The East Side does not seem crazy about it for NIMBY reasons, but it will be going there, though it is quite a ways off - Sounder commuter rail runs at peak hours and a person is sort of S.O.L. if needing to return home mid-day - Buses from the airport to the East Side take too long because of too many stops in Renton (that is, unless they have an express up to Bellevue) - Only one station along the light rail line currently has a dedicated parking lot Mostly, I think that the light rail network is weak, given that it's 2014. It needs to go north to at least to the Snohomish County Line, down to Federal Way, and service the East Side, including going a little further into the East Side, so people can either connect into stations on transit or drive to them. read more

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** My experience is specifically in regards to the Sound Transit Express buses. ** Being from Southern California, I not only don't believe in public transportation, I find that there is a necessity to drive my car everywhere. When I say everywhere, I mean anything greater than a two block radius (even though this sometimes means that I'm parking just as far away it not farther). So when I got a job at Bellevue a few blocks from the Transit Center and gas started creeping up in cost astronomically, I decided it was time to try the bus. Of course when I checked out the bus schedules from the stop outside my house, I discovered that it would take me well over an hour and it involved transfers. Transfers?! No deal. So I was discussing my dilemma with my new boss and after discovering that the Northgate Transit Center was a quick 3 minute drive from my house, sent me the bus schedule for the Sound Transit Express bus that takes me directly from one transit center to the other. The buses are convenient (though I do wish that they had another morning bus that left around 9, but I guess most people have to be at work by then), clean, and well maintained - it was definitely not the nightmare that I thought it would be. Plus I can sleep the whole way to work and the entire trip home too! The other fantastic part about riding a bus is that I can use it as an excuse to leave work at the end of the day and not get leashed into doing anything extra because "I have to leave now so that I can catch the bus." And I no longer have to sit in that parking lot known as the 520 every day for an hour each way. Anyway, save yourself some gas money, reduce your carbon footprint, and even better, get out of work on time because you're taking the bus now! read more

When I first got to Seattle in 2006 I got to say everything was new and so clean but now I have to say Oregon is a lot cleaner and safer. Sound Transit, officially the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, is a regional transit system serving the Greater Seattle area since September 19, 1999.[2] It was formed in 1996[3] by the Snohomish, King, and Pierce County Councils. It operates express bus, commuter rail, and light rail service in the region and constructs capital projects in support and expansion of those services. Services Sound Transit offers three main services. A series of express buses throughout the metro area, commuter rail lines running on existing freight rail tracks, and a light rail system. Sound Transit Express bus Sound Transit Express bus on route 550 between Bellevue and Seattle stopped at a station in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel. Main article: Sound Transit Express Sound Transit Express is a network of regional express buses providing service to cities in all three counties, including Seattle, Redmond, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Issaquah, Lakewood, Bellevue, Auburn, Federal Way, Gig Harbor, Everett, Woodinville, and Tacoma. The bus fleet is owned by Sound Transit and buses are maintained and operated under contracts with local transit authorities (Community Transit, King County Metro, and Pierce Transit). Sounder commuter rail Sounder trains at Seattle's King Street Station. Main article: Sounder commuter rail Sounder, a commuter rail service between Everett and Seattle, and between Seattle, Tacoma and Lakewood is operated under contract by BNSF Railway. There are currently 7 peak-direction and 2 reverse commute round-trips daily between Lakewood, Tacoma and Seattle and 4 peak-direction round trips between Everett and Seattle. Sound Transit will eventually run up to 18 daily round-trips from Tacoma once all trackwork is completed by BNSF Railway. In 2012 service was extended to serve south Tacoma and Lakewood stations. Current stations are: Everett Station, built in 2002 for the Sounder North Line and Amtrak Everett Station Edmonds Station Mukilteo Station King Street Station (Downtown Seattle) Tukwila Station Kent Station Auburn Station Sumner Station Puyallup Station Tacoma Dome Station South Tacoma Station Lakewood Station Link Light Rail Main article: Link Light Rail Tacoma Link train in front of the Tacoma Convention Center. Sound Transit's light rail system consists of a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) line in Tacoma called Tacoma Link and a 14.6-mile (23.5 km) line in Seattle, Tukwila, and SeaTac called Central Link. Tacoma Link connects the city's Theater District, Convention Center, Union Station (a former train station now serving as a federal courthouse), and Tacoma Dome area. Central Link runs between downtown Seattle and the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The initial section opened on July 18, 2009.[4] The initial section runs through the Seattle's SoDo neighborhood, Beacon Hill, Rainier Valley, and portions of Tukwila. On December 19, 2009, the line was extended to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport through Tukwila and SeaTac. From 1998 to 2009 Seattle artist Norie Sato was system artist for Sound Transit, contributing her own work and coordinating the work of the many others including local artists Sheila Klein and Dan Corson who helped design the nine stations of the light rail system.[5] History Establishment The predecessor to Sound Transit was an early 1990s ballot measure. This measure would have been all light rail, with no bus or commuter rail services. This meant that no service was provided to some major suburbs, such as Everett, and opposition from the suburban communities ultimately lead to its failure.[citation needed] The first South Transit ballot measure passed in 1996 as the current mix of buses, commuter rail and light rail. By proposes a much smaller light rail line, the remaining funds could be used for the two other services, ensuring that the entire Seattle area received services from the measure. Sound Transit started out in scandal. The agency faced a crisis of financial mismanagement and poor planning, and federal officials ordered an audit in 2000 and pulled promised funding. After a series of executives resigned in 2001, Joni Earl took the helm and is widely credited with saving the agency. Largely, this was by being more realistic and being more honest with the public - reportedly she used the slogan "Optimism is not our friend." read more

Although I don't own a car, and I often complain about how irritating it is to be a busrider on the Eastside, the 545 bus has saved my life. Quick access to connections that drop me off at school [the UW], and downtown [yay], the 545 runs frequently throughout the day thanks to the throngs of Microsoft employees who commute from Seattle. For the most part, service is on time, the drivers are polite and there is enough room for everyone to sit. Although Sound Transit buses are supposedly considerably nicer than Metro buses, I don't think it's unreasonable for them to reconsider their animal policy -- changing it to be like Metro's would be a vast improvement. I have a miniature dachshund who weighs 12lbs, and on Metro buses I can take her in on my lap. In order for her to ride on a Sound Transit bus, she has to be in her crate. I hate having to take a super roundabout away to get across 520 to where I can connect to a Metro bus, lugging my dog, just to take her to visit my grandma. I have never seen a poorly behaving dog on a Metro bus and I have actually had a driver yell at me when we had an animal emergency and I was trying to take the quickest bus to her vet rather than "quickest Metro bus" [she was wearing an E-collar and could not fit in her crate, and running the risk of her chewing at her stitches was not something I wanted to deal with] -- in spite of my explanation the driver continued to berate me until I just turned around and left, waiting another 45 minutes for the 233 [a Metro route] to come. This sour experience brings my review of ST buses from a 5 down to a 4. read more

This is really such a great way to get to work to downtown Seattle from the suburbs. The buses are clean and get you there basically as fast as you can drive. Bit longer but not by much. The park and rides are humongous and are easy to find, and the schedules are right on time. Got there exactly as the bus was at the Ashway stop actually, so beat it to the Lynnwood stop so I could make it and not wait for 30 minutes. Okay so I don't work in downtown Seattle, nor do I live in Seattle even, I just visit my sister every now and then. This is really what LA needs though, a good bus system that can take cars off the road and lessen the pollution. I hop on the express 511 at Ashway and ride it all the way downtown to Pike Place Market. Instead of just one small bus booth, they have set up a turnaround for many bus lines to easily pickup and dropoff passengers. There's a huge parking area made specifically for the park and ride, so it's easy to take the bus. It's either 2.50 or 3 dollars, I forget but I just put in 3 since I don't usually have that much change anyhow. It's a double bus too that can hold even more people. About 40 minutes later, I'm off at 5th and Pike and down to Pike Place Market. Buses are free downtown too, if you get on and off down there its considered a free zone. Pretty cool, especially since bus drivers are usually really nice and know where to go, handy for tourists. On the way back to the suburbs, you pay when you get off actually. The driver announces how much it is since you got on so you know. Depending on how many zones you've passed determines the price. Never had a problem riding Sound Transit, and I don't ride it all the time so sometimes I don't know the area or where to get off. I usually get directions from my sis, but haha I still don't know for sure if I followed them well until I get to my destination. Pretty awesome...wish we had this in LA. read more

Public transit: a democratizing lifeblood moving people seamlessly around a city, often without the conventional pitfalls of traffic, having to pay for gas, or converse forcedly with annoying carpoolers. Seattle Public Transit... Sigh. So clearly NOT that. Such a mess and needs so much improvement: Can't make a deadline, unreliable, dirty and sporadic (All the makings of a great employee. Pretty sure if it was a person, I would have fired it by now.)... But it IS pretty safe. Thank God Seattle transit has that going for it because if it didn't, if it was located in, say, Baltimore city, people would be dying left and right all because they were standing at the bus stop in the dark at 9 PM and the bus was 20 minutes late if it showed up at all. Yep, safety, people: Something that Seattle Transit has going for it that has nothing to do with the contribution of Seattle transit. Sometimes I honestly fear for my safety standing alone at bus stops late at night... But hey, it's Seattle and nothing can happen, right?... (See what I did there?!) YayyyY!!? That was me last night (and many nights)... Standing in the rain at a somewhat shady bus stop where I volunteer for 25 minutes. It took me literally 1 hour and 5 minutes to get home when it should usually only take 20 minutes. A good chunk of that involved standing at my bus stop in the dark hoping to not get assaulted. Also, I mentioned on the Convention Place Yelp site the time I almost missed my own graduation because Convention Place can't get itself sorted out. I guess, even after all these years, Seattle is still clueless at figuring out how to accommodate for the ebb and flow of rush hour vs. non rush hour times. They also recently hiked up the fare and slashed some bus routes but they're still far from efficient... It's frustrating. Not to mention, this morning. Kind of the final straw for me. I woke up this morning at 5:15 AM to get to the Link at 5:40. Sooo painful! There's nothing worse than having to wake up at... Oh wait. How come, not one, but TWO Light Links came and went in the opposite direction?! Thank God I pre-planned and timed my entire zombified morning existence perfectl-- Oh wait. It's still not here. So glad I forced myself out of bed for this. I could have slept in. Ain't no way this joke is running once every 15 minutes. In conclusion, Seattle Public Transit is what you marry into when you move here. You try to rely on it, to trust it, but it abuses the trust. And after getting to know it over the years, I definitely want a divorce. read more

We recently visited Seattle on a combined business-pleasure excursion. We opted to use public transportation; our location and destinations made Sound Transit the bus line of choice. How sad for us: late buses, buses which never appeared, and by far, the single-most collection of unhelpfully rude bus drivers ever. Asking for a bit of information to be clarified, or which stop might be nearest to our hotel, was less fruitful than getting a blood sample from a granite outcrop. Bordering on nasty, four out of four bus drivers could not be bothered to offer additional information, acknowledge our requests for assistance, or even display any semblance of emotion other than complete detachment. I have closer rapport with Alexa. All that being said, the Uber drivers we switched to were far and away worth the extra expense. read more

Ugggh, horrible horrible transportation system. If you Google the driving direction from my place to work, it's calculated to 14.1 (mi.) or 22 (mins.) drive. However, this city is horribly planned, thus making my morning and afternoon commutes about 1.5 hours-2 hours each way. Worst part is the fact that I have to take two-three buses to get to work and wait about 15 mins-30 mins per transfer. One of the worst planned big cities I've been to with public transportation. Ohhh and plan way way ahead of time when there is a game (baseball, football, basketball). It makes traffic worse. As much as I love public transportation (San Francisco, New York and major European cities), I hate Seattle's. It is not world class. read more

Rudest bus driver I ever had. If you are in Seattle try and take routes from King County Metro.

After having taken the New Jersey to New York trains, I really appreciate the Sound Transit light rail even more. One summer break, I was taking an econ class up at UW. This was when the Sound Transit was still relatively new. So easy. So clean. So empty. =) I'd have a whole car to myself in the morning and sleep the whole way from Sumner to Seattle. Awesomeness. review 3/14/08 I.M.Y. read more

I like Sound Transit. I used to have a car. After a while, I realized that I was hardly using it for anything in town, only to go to Everett. Then I realized I could take the #510 to Everett. Then I got rid of the car. Now I am much happier. All due to Sound Transit. (Whose buses, by the way, seem to run on time. And you can take them to Kenmore if you want to walk back on the Burke-Gilman trail. And you can go to Bellevue, and . . . well, there are all sorts of things you can do!) read more

Having only moved to Seattle a few months ago, I was looking forward to public transportation (having been a 1+ hr commuter for 7 years). I am not disappointed! I can get anywhere in the city and surrounding area with few to no problems. If you have a smartphone, one bus away is the best app!!! Free, and actually tells you not only what buses and trains are around you, but who's running on time, who's late, by how many minutes, etc. Combine this with Google's directions via public transportation, and you can get anywhere! I look forward to watching the services expand over the next few years. The new rapid ride system is fantastic, and the new streetcar lines up in capital hill will continue to make this one of the best cities for public transportation! read more

Fucking horrible on time rate for the 510 bus. Sound transit doesn't even care to fix the issue of buses constantly arriving 30 to 40 mins late. If buying into work was not my only option I would easily stop using this service. If you can I suggest using community tranist or another bus service before sound tranist. read more

If the route happens to work for you the Sounder is a fantastic alternative to driving in traffic or dealing with parking. For my daily work commute I tried the Link Light Rail for a few weeks before the Sounder and don't mind paying the extra $1 or so for the comfort and speed of the Sounder and not feeling like a packed sardine. The crowds on each seem to differ a bit as well; the Sounder Mon-Fri usually being a more professional, commuter bunch and the Light Rail the same but also with everyone else (including their interesting arimas, noise, children and drama). I appreciate the option of wifi, but seldom have the opportunity to use it as I only ride between 2 stations. read more

The bus service is great but the lost and found service is crap! The website gives you an 800 number which doesn't work if you call from inside the same area code. The 800 number eventually tells you to call a Metro number. Metro's number is another maze of options which eventually tells you that their call volume is high and then sends you back out to the first menu or hangs up on you. Awesome. Why is government always so bad at customer service? read more

I think the bus system, while good, could use some improvement. Specifically, it is next to impossible to figure out which buses to take unless you're on a route you're accustomed to taking, or you looked it up at home. For example, even with google maps on my phone telling me which buses to take, it is hard to tell which stop to wait at when there is one on each side of the street, and buses with the same number stop at both. I would suggest implementing some sort of map, something like on the subways at least. That way, if you dont have a good grasp of where neighbourhoods are in relation to each other, at least you could figure out how to get to your destination. For the price you do get reasonably clean buses which run almost on time, and friendly and courteous staff. In the end, it does get the job done as long as you plan ahead. read more

Sound Transit Needs To Go Bankrupt & Go Away So A Credible Organization Can Take The Reigns.... SOUND TRANSIT HAS INCOMPETENT LEADERSHIP......Period "They have a budget other cities would drool over & they still manage to fail" *** Seriously! What a JOKE....If you catch the train in Mukilteo you have the option of getting off in Edmonds or Downtown Seattle. I swear no wonder the ridership is so low, "two stops".....Really.... ***Also Tax Payers..... Did you know that you pay a hefty rate to keep a service going that is not convenient to anybody. Good News Is We Have Tracks Ready To Go Once We Get The Leadership To Make It Work............ Sound Transit............EPIC FAIL..... read more

I've been using Sound Transit for about two years now, and it's absolutely wonderful. I ride the 522 most often, from the Woodinville P-R to Cascadia CC, or sometimes on to Downtown Seattle. In addition, the 535 is another one of my haunts. For most routes, the service has about a half hour headway, but increases to fifteen minutes during peak periods. Though, after about 9PM, that decreases to about an hour headway between buses. The buses themselves are nice, both clean, and quiet. They're purchasing newer buses and putting them into service, which is very, very nice. 9623-9636 are the nicest buses I think I've ever been on, haha. LINK Light Rail is an amazing service too, offering connections between SeaTac Airport, MLK Blvd, SoDo, Stadiums, International District, and Westlake. I've ridden it a couple times, and I'm thoroughly impressed. The fares aren't too bad, about $0.50 more than Metro, though for express service, it's great. Overall, it's a great way to get around, and I'd highly recommend it. :) read more

I've only experienced trips on the Sound Transit light rail (Tacoma Link) and the ST Regional Express buses (operated by KC Metro) between DT Renton and DT Bellevue (ST 560, 564, and 565). All trips I've taken have been uneventful, as they should, I guess. My only gripe is when the bus drivers don't get into the express (HOV) lanes soon enough (though this happens less frequently with the introduction of the North 8th Bellevue "Texas T" HOV on-ramps). Also, they've been slow to propose light rail along the I 405 corridor for future phases. read more

I work in Pioneer Square, and I LOVE the convenience of the train. I commute daily from Kent, WA and when I don't have a carpool buddy, I take the train from Kent Station. It only runs during peak hours, which is kind of a bummer, but I can understand why! Unlike the bus, there aren't a lot of creepy people usually riding them. It costs $3.50 each way from Kent to Seattle or vice versa (I think other stops are similar if not slightly more expensive), and $7 for an all-day pass, which is what I usually get. It took me FOREVER to find where the entrance to the train station was, because I kept getting it confused with the King Street Station which is attached to it (I think the Sounder tracks are technically PART of the station, but it's such an odd set-up). I might just be an idiot though - that is a possibility. In case you have never been there before, it's not inside that beautiful clock tower building - that's the Amtrack train. You have to go past it, either along side and down to King street behind the station (next to the attached parking lot) or along 4th ave S, across the bridge, and then the elevators and stairs will take you to the platform. They have ticket booths on the platform, NOT on the street level bridge (but they do have the ORCA scanners there). I have never been checked to see if I have a ticket, but it's pricy if you get caught, so I suggest paying. I love the ticket booths for buying tickets - it's just so darn easy and foolproof! The train takes approx 25 minutes to get to Seattle from Kent (or the other way around) and runs about every 20 minutes. I have NEVER had a time where I couldn't find a seat and had to stand, and usually the other commuters are respectful or even friendly some times! I really recommend this for commuters, especially if you drive a gas-guzzler like I do. read more

This service is never on time the last two days I had to wait collectively 6 hours to commute to and from work due to blockage on the same track in the same place 2 days in a row once in the morning once that night then Monday not to mention they also threw a private party so all the passengers that are crowded but hey at least you guys got more money from all of us taxpayers read more

Worst bus system ever! I left home 20 minutes early today to get to work a little early--the Sound Bus was over 20 minutes late, which in turn made me 5 minutes late to work! I should have been 20 minutes early. They are the slowest, most inefficient bus system I have ever encountered and such a mess that no wonder people choose to drive and pollute the air rather than rely on this unreliable, inefficient, and obnoxious bus system! read more

People are morons to accurately predict to the second when the transportation will arrive your not the only selfish impatient morons on the planet ...if you don't like it fing walk .. read more

The Seattle area's public transit has a LONG way to go before it is really a sufficient offering to really get more people considering public transit over personal cars for daily transportation. That being said, Sound Transit is well on its way to offering a whole heaping helping of just what we need as we head down that path! I love riding public transit, be it for environmental reasons, financial reasons, or just for personal entertainment. Sound Transit has a lot to offer. The Sounder trains run right from downtown Seattle to "downtown" Edmonds, offering this Edmondsonian a nice alternative option to head home. It's a great ride and goes up further north to Everett! The Link Light Rail offers a great alternative method of heading to the southend and also heading to the airport in a really affordable manner. Sound Transit's bus offerings are another great choice. The buses are all typically pretty nice, comfortable, and fairly timely (Mariners and Seahawks games can kill this timely claim). They take you far and wide, too. I often ride the 545 to Redmond, the 535 up to the Lynnwood Transit Center near me, and the 522 to Bothell and Lake Forest Park, all from downtown Seattle. You can get to a lot of locations with Sound Transit. Sound Transit is far from perfect, but they are doing a lot of things right and offering comfortable and efficient public transportation that keeps me from driving a lot of the time! read more

I'm so fed up with Sound Transit and the Sounder train. 9/10 it's late. Today the 6:26 train was cancelled, but the email didn't go out until 7:00. They push everyone to sign up for rider alerts, then do a terrible job of letting us know what's going on. The station agent here is Kent is worthless, doesn't know any of the bus schedules, or when the next train is coming. He just says "check the emails they send", I would, but they don't have any information, or anyone to contact if you have questions. I'm thankful for the train when it's running with no problems, but I've missed more than enough meetings at work to consider going back to sitting in traffic to and from Seattle. With constant "mechanical problems" being cited as the reason for late trains, it might be time for Sound Transit to consider hiring some new engineers or purchasing new trains. The worst part about sound transit is that every time you try to contact someone about questions or information, they never get back to you, they must be too busy fixing the trains... read more

Buses never arrive on stated time. Unreliable. I have been riding st for the past three years and it has gotten increasingly unreliable.

This is the first type of rail transit system that i've ridden on so I dont have anything to compare it to but I think its pretty darn good and its very reliable. Depending on the day of the week and time of day, it comes around about every 10-15 minutes. Its $2.75 per trip, which is not bad at all. I rode it from the seatac airport to the international district and it was about 40-45 minutes. There is lots of space and sections where you can place your luggage's and bikes. I also like that they have the list of stops on the top so that I can monitor how many more stops there are till your destination. Overall, definitely a good and cheap way for public transportation. read more

As a commuter to and from downtown Seattle, I've had the opportunity to take many buses, trains, and the LINK. Overall, it's not too bad. I can't knock off stars for all of the weirdos on the buses, it's not ST's fault! The express buses are really awesome, and are on time most of the time, unless there's some weird event or major traffic. The drivers drive super fast and can maneuver those suckers anywhere. The Sounder train is fun to ride. It's always packed, but the seats are OK, roomy, and the trains are clean and free of weird smells. A bonus is that they have power outlets to plug your stuff into, I stumbled upon one right by the door under the stairs. The LINK is the best option to ride to the airport. It takes you through the bad part of town, but it's cool to see the underground transit tunnel. Overall ST has gotten me everywhere I needed to go, with minor issues and few complaints. read more

I quit riding the bus this month. Called ORCA to see about getting a refund for the few dollars I have left on my card. I was told I go to a service center, give them my card (which I paid for, I own it), pay a $10 processing fee, then get my few dollars back. Why the hell would I give them back the card I PAID FOR? Then I lose money to get back what little I had on it. Absolutely not worth it. I'm so glad I don't ride the bus anymore. I hated it. read more

Come snow, traffic, or torrential rain-- there's no better way to commute than the train-- kick back and wait for your stop--while surfing the web on your ipad or laptop! read more

First the pluses. The busses are always clean, well taken care of and the bus drivers are usually very friendly. The minus? Every single day the busses coming from Seattle going out to pretty much anywhere are so full I have to wait for 3 or more busses to pass in order to actually get on a bus home. It is fustrating beyond belief to have to work 10 hours and then have to wait 2 more to go home! How do we change or help that situation? I'm one of the many many individuals that have this same issue and nobody knows what to do about it. read more

Consistently poor service. Routes show up 30, 40, 50 minutes late. Totally unreliable more often than not. Easily one of the worst transit systems in the country. read more

Trains regularly breakdown! Just happened today----again. Ugh. The great mystery....why can't they run dependably?

Sound transit is untrustworthy. AT seatac, they have their northbound and southbound 574 buses a 20 minute walk apart from each other with no signage to indicate where to go. read more

I finally took this train for the first time. Since Obama was in town and we had a Seahawks game to go to, we decided to take the Sounder from Tukwila. Not too shabby at all. The Sounder is much nicer and newer than the "L" in Chicago (my most recent other train ride). With the amount of money saved from paying to park at the stadiums, I just may have to take it again. read more

Nice quiet and clean ride from the SeaTac airport to multiple districts in Seattle. It runs consistently every 10-15 minutes so there isn't much worry about waiting. As with any public transportation, it tends to get crowded since its only three cars. $5.50 all day pass, not a bad deal of you are new to Seattle and want to see the city. read more

First time user of mass transit from SeaTac Airport to Downtown area. Reasonable expense and convenient shuttle service. Highly recommended for transportation into Seattle. read more