ORCA Announces Updated Regional Day Pass Fare to Improve Transit Affordability

FEBRUARY 27, 2025 – ORCA is making the Regional Day Pass fare permanent, creating more affordable and accessible transit for riders across the region. This price change, approved by the ORCA Joint Board, saves money and enhances convenience for customers who use multiple transit services in a single day.

Effective March 1, 2025, the new ORCA Regional Day Pass will be available for just $6 for adult riders, and $2 for ORCA LIFT and RRFP senior and disabled cardholders, providing unlimited rides on participating transit services for one day for the cost of just two trips. This fare adjustment, first introduced in 2024 as a promotional pilot, ensures that riders can travel seamlessly throughout the Puget Sound area all day long while enjoying significant cost savings.

“The new ORCA Day Pass gives you the freedom to travel anywhere, all day long, for six dollars,” said Christina O’Claire, the ORCA Joint Board Chairperson and Director of King County Metro’s Mobility Division. “The ORCA Day Pass also makes it easier than ever to seamlessly connect across transit modes — like buses, light rail and on-demand services — and between transit agencies. For riders who have disabilities, have lower incomes or are seniors, the price is even lower: just two dollars a day to connect to unlimited opportunities.”

This cost reduction also aligns with the reduction in fares for Sound Transit Express Bus service, now $3 per trip, and Community Transit’s reduced fare, now $1.

The new price reduction to the ORCA Regional Day Pass comes after a promotional period that launched last August 2024. The ORCA Day pass is accepted on most transit services, including buses and trains, throughout the region**. Riders can purchase the pass online at myORCA.com, through the myORCA mobile app, at ORCA vending machines, or from the Google Wallet for ORCA digital card users.

How to Purchase the ORCA Day Pass on Your ORCA Card

在线购买：

• 访问 myORCA.com 或下载/打开 myORCA 应用程序
• 如果您有 myORCA 帐户，请登录您的帐户。
  • 在 myORCA 应用程序中，选择您要添加通票的卡，点击 "加钱"（add money），然后点击 "添加通票"（add a pass），再选择 "全天普吉通票"（All Day Puget Pass）。选择您的数量，然后将其添加到购物车中结账。
  • On myORCA.com, click “manage this card”, select “passes” and choose “Regional” under pass type. Next, select “Daily $3.00” or “Daily $1.00” if you are a reduced fare customer, and adjust your quantity under “frequency”. Tap “add to cart” to checkout.

如果您没有 myORCA 账户，仍可在此处将通行卡添加到您的 ORCA 卡中： https://www.myorca.com/reload-my-card/

If you have a digital ORCA card on Google Wallet, you can add the pass to your ORCA card via the Google Wallet app. Riders can also purchase an ORCA Day Pass in-person at an ORCA Ticket Vending machine, at an ORCA customer service location, or by contacting us at 888-988-6722 / TTY: 711.

Order a physical Adult ORCA card online at myORCA.com or purchase a digital ORCA card via Google Wallet.  To purchase an Adult ORCA card in person, visit an ORCA retail store, an ORCA ticket vending machine, or transit agency customer service office: https://www.myorca.com/where-to-buy/

For discounted ORCA LIFT, Senior, or Disabled cards, visit https://info.myorca.com/using-orca/ways-to-save/ to find details on where to apply and what documents you’ll need.

Contact: David Jackson, Public Information Officer, Phone: (206) 689-3160; Email: david.jackson2@soundtransit.org