After spending the morning cleaning the house and fixing it up nice and pretty (no RR's on the Truth in Housing! Score!) we hopped a plane to Seattle. We were super tired and went to bed early, early enough to sleep in and still wake up at 6:45, but we had a little time to walk around and get a feel for the downtown area and Belltown. We ate at Metro is by far the most confusing transit service I've ever used. The downtown routings are one thing, (it's like they're all on detour all the time) but the fare structure is wierd. Good parts: paper transfers, no blue footballs, downtown zone is usually free. Confusing parts: the usually part of the fare free and all the times and boarding policies. Seriously here's the scoop. It's $1.25 during non rush hours. During rush hours it's $1.50 unless you go too far, then it's $2. You need a transfer to get off if you go past downtown. You board the front door going into town and the back door going away unless it's after 7pm then apparently they don't open the back door at all and it's not free downtown anymore. Oh and the rush hour doesn't change at 3pm, it changes when the schedule says 3pm (and the pocket schedule says it might not even be at that time). Anyway, it's wierd. It works.
Comments (5)
yeah, i'm firmly in the camp that says everything should always be one price all the time. It's way to confusing otherwise.
Posted by zakcq | October 13, 2005 4:05 PM
Posted on October 13, 2005 16:05
i just went on metro's website. why is it so freaking hard to find a map on there?
Posted by zakcq | October 13, 2005 4:59 PM
Posted on October 13, 2005 16:59
you have to click on timetables, find a route (they have a kinda cool neighborhood map that tells you just what goes through your neighborhood) and then you can find the map. there's no system map though.
Posted by ryan | October 13, 2005 5:31 PM
Posted on October 13, 2005 17:31
that's sad. i love system maps. I'd really like a transit map coffee table book. somebody get on that.
Posted by zakcq | October 13, 2005 8:32 PM
Posted on October 13, 2005 20:32
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Posted on October 22, 2005 00:30