Orca cards, the safe, easy, and convenient way to travel throughout King County and its adjacent counties. Orca cards take away the hassle of finding the correct change in your pockets or fumbling through that stack of bus cards. With this handy driver’s license-sized card you can now go easily from place to place or from transit system to other Western Washington public transit agency.  Orca cards work in one of three ways. The first is a regional pass, which would work much like the bus cards we have now. The second is an agency specific pass that allows unlimited rides on only certain transportation. The final option involves charging your card with a certain amount of money that would be deducted in small amounts as you ride public transportation.

Unfortunately for us, we aren’t going to be getting any Orca cards anytime soon. There were rumors going around that we would be making the switch to Orca cards very soon but Karen Podbela was able to tell me that next year would be the soonest and that there are still discussions going on as to how they will be dealt with for high school students.  For more information, go to orcacard.com