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Seattle
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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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 Seattle
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