Seattle Visitor Information
Transportation

In and Around Seattle

Despite traffic congestion, pedestrians and drivers tend to obey the road rules with a minimum of fuss. Pedestrians have right of way on street corners, whether it's a marked crosswalk or not. You might notice there is not much jaywalking. This is perhaps because it is actively policed, and also more difficult as cars are permitted to turn right on a red light. Drivers who want to do like the locals will not push in at ferry lines or misuse the car pool lanes.

City streets are on a quasi-grid system, as best as could be squeezed onto the odd-shaped land area. Streets run east-west and avenues run north-south. The avenue numbering system begins at the waterfront and ends near the Cascade Mountains. The changeover from named to numbered streets is at the Lake Washington Ship Canal.

SmartTrek
Transportation project giving travelers the best time to leave, the fastest road to take, and the most reliable form of transportation to reach their destination. Project is led by the Washington State Department of Transportation and 24 private and public organizations that are providing travelers with the latest, up-to-the minute information through a variety of sources.

Airport Shuttles

Ambassador Transportation. 2717 Western Avenue, # 438, Seattle, WA 98121. Phone: 206-903-1221; Toll-free: 1-866-903-1221; Fax: 1-866-903-1221. E-mail

Bus
Metro Transit. King Street Center, 201 S. Jackson Street, Seattle, WA. Phone 206-553-3060.

Metro Online is the web site for Metro Transit, a division of the King County Department of Transportation. Provides information on bus schedules, traffic conditions, and other travel information. An underground bus tunnel operates through downtown Seattle from the Chinatown District to the Convention Center. The downtown area is a free ride zone.

Taxi

Puget Sound Dispatch, LLC. Yellow & Graytop Cabs. 74 South Hudson Street, Seattle, WA 98134. Phone: 206-343-4360; Fax: 206-378-3511. E-mail

Beyond Seattle

Ferry
Washington State Ferries
Official web site has schedules, fares, route maps, fleet guide, news, tourist and travel info, wait times, events, and photos. Seattle's ferry terminal is located at Colman Dock (Pier 52).

Air
Kenmore Air Seaplanes. 6321 NE 175th Street, P. O. Box 82064, Seattle, WA 98028-0064. Phone: 425-486-1257; Toll-free: 1-800-543-9595.

Provides daily scheduled flights from Seattle to Washington's San Juan Islands, British Columbia's Gulf Islands and to Victoria, British Columbia. Also offers private charters for waterside lunch, exploring remote islands, quick access to golf and other recreation, and weekend getaways to a variety of Northwest destinations reached by seaplane.

Northwest Seaplanes. 860 W. Perimeter Road, Renton, WA 98055. Toll-free: 1-800-690-0086.

Offers daily scheduled flights to the San Juan Islands and chartered flights to Vancouver Island and the Inside Passage.

Prime Air, Inc. 7777 Perimeter Road, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA 98108. Phone: 604-803-3238; Fax: 604-684-7211.

Prime Air is the Pacific Northwest's newest destination resort airline that plans to commence air service between Seattle and Whistler, BC in fall of 2003.

West Isle Air. 4000 Airport Road, #A, Anacortes, WA 98221. Toll-free: 1-800-874-4434.

Offers air freight, inter-Island flights, sightseeing and charter flights throughout the Northwest and Canada. Also, daily passenger flight service to Anacortes, San Juan Islands, Bellingham and Seattle via Boeing Field (van shuttle to Sea-Tac available).

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Access Seattle
by Dana Dawson, David Dawson
June 1999, 4th edition, Paperback, 221 pages, (guidebook)
Arranged by neighborhood and featuring color-coded entries for restaurants, hotels, and attractions keyed to easy-to-read maps, Access guides are designed to help you explore a neighborhood or an entire city in depth.
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Nature Walks in & Around Seattle: All-Season Exploring in Parks, Forests, and Wetlands
by Cathy M. McDonald, Stephen Whitney (Contributor), James Hendrickson (Photographer)
February 1998, Paperback, 208 pages, (guidebook)
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Rough Guide Seattle
by Richie Unterberger
July 1998, mini edition, Paperback, 256 pages, (guidebook)
Less than six inches tall and four inches wide, this guide packs in the major neighborhoods, from Lake Washington to Capitol Hill to Downtown; listings of accommodations, cafes, restaurants, and bars; sections on the performing arts, gay nightlife, festivals, sports, and activities for kids, plus shops and galleries and more.
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Seattle Visitor Information Transportation

Seattle Visitor Information
Transportation