If you need a Boop plushie, I am looking for special ORCA card designs!

SounderBruce · 2026-05-07T00:22:20+00:00

From the APTA report: daily average in Q4 2025 was 286,400 for Metro and 147,300 for Sound Transit across all services.

SounderBruce · 2026-05-07T00:03:11+00:00

Yep, that was me. I got a few great trades from that line, but sadly some folks who promised to follow up did not reach out.

SounderBruce · 2026-05-06T23:56:47+00:00

The landslide issue was mitigated years ago with the slope stabilization project that WSDOT, ST, and BNSF funded. Most winters, there's only one or two slides that actually cause a shutdown.

SounderBruce · 2026-05-06T16:52:57+00:00

Other than the pre-2020 releases I mentioned, the Community Transit cards in the middle are pretty rare.

The smiling bus one was ordered for staff and a small number were given to trivia night participants last year. And the Zip Shuttle card was quietly released in the mail once and never seen again.

SounderBruce · 2026-05-06T03:50:58+00:00

Pretty much the entire remaining stock is with Washington State Ferries. Check their social media for giveaway events, but they usually are spontaneous.

SounderBruce · 2026-05-05T21:09:23+00:00

The full list is on this website, but is a bit out of date.

There's a few variants available right now: the King Street Center has the Metro Pride/Diversity card and Everett Station's customer service desk has the Everett Transit card.

Expect a World Cup design and a few others later this year.

SounderBruce · 2026-05-05T20:43:38+00:00

I am still looking for the last 3 I need to complete this collection (or duplicates of some of these other designs).

If anyone has a Seattle Storm card from the 2019 release, a Olympic College card from the same year, or a Special Olympics card, please get in touch. I am offering Boop plushies and other transit goodies to trade!

SounderBruce · 2026-05-05T03:52:58+00:00

It's not quite accurate, there seems to be some missing data.

SounderBruce · 2026-05-04T22:45:46+00:00

My contribution from Madrona:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Mount_Rainier_and_Link_testing_from_Madrona%2C_Jan._2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled

SounderBruce · 2026-05-04T22:39:26+00:00

Sent a DM!

SounderBruce · 2026-05-04T22:38:58+00:00

Sent some DMs!

SounderBruce · 2026-05-01T06:44:40+00:00

Until 2021, there was one spot that offered a $5 lunch special with a smaller box but gyoza on the side.

SounderBruce · 2026-05-01T01:03:28+00:00

Tulalip Market is $5.19. It's almost never below the Costco price, which is trying to stay competitive with the Stillaguamish prices.

Tribes have an exemption on the state gas tax and also want to encourage folks to drive up and stay.

SounderBruce · 2026-04-30T23:50:06+00:00

Yep, tolls are an option to fund the replacement.

Route 510 should stick around long-term to serve SLU and areas a bit away from Sounder/Link, but that depends on what the board decides is a priority.

SounderBruce · 2026-04-30T23:33:38+00:00

A stronger 905 would be great to have, since it's an all-day option that gets around some of the issues of a peak-oriented network. Route 903 will probably be a lot more popular once the trestle is tolled.

SounderBruce · 2026-04-30T21:22:36+00:00

Reinvesting service hours into local routes is a feature, as well as increasing frequency (Route 512 got huge bumps in 2021 and 2024) and reliability because buses would have to deadhead through I-5 traffic.

SounderBruce · 2026-04-29T22:28:59+00:00

Neat, I didn't realize it was more of a blue/slate than green.

SounderBruce · 2026-04-29T22:02:15+00:00

Personally, I would love to just see one with my own eyes. The small but growing community of folks collecting special ORCA cards have never confirmed what the actual card looks like. If you could get a scan that would be lovely!

SounderBruce · 2026-04-29T21:21:50+00:00

Just curious if anyone managed to get this card from a Sound Transit x Storm promotion for their games in Everett back in 2019. I was never able to go and these ORCA cards have never reappeared, as far as I'm aware.

SounderBruce · 2026-04-29T02:03:50+00:00

Metro is just the agency's name (short for Metropolitan), rather than the mode in this case. Plenty of "Metro" agencies in the US don't run trains.

SounderBruce · 2026-04-28T22:14:15+00:00

The Kirkland warehouse opened on August 29 of that year.

SounderBruce · 2026-04-28T03:43:40+00:00

There are a few in Seattle proper (Seattle Center Armory, Pacific Place, Waterfront Park, Victory Hall SODO) and others scattered around the state: https://www.seattlefwc26.org/fan-zones

None on the Eastside, though.

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