New Three-Day Regional Transit Pass Coming to ORCA in June » The Urbanist

New Three-Day Regional Transit Pass Coming to ORCA in June » The Urbanist

Next summer, Puget Sound area transit agencies will offer a new three-day regional pass as another option for ORCA card fare payment. The new three-day regional pass option will cost $18.00 for a regular adult fare and $6.00 for reduced fare riders, such as seniors and ORCA Lift passholders. On December 9, the ORCA pod’s joint board approved the three-day pass as a three-month pilot program, running from June 1 through August 31. A major impetus…

New ORCA features next year: Open Payments and 3-Day PugetPass

ORCA cards came to Google Wallet in 2024, but there is no update on when the cards will come to Apple Wallet. Image courtesy of ORCA. More fare payment options are coming to ORCA in 2026, both motivated by the FIFA World Cup coming to Seattle next summer. Public pilot programs testing Open Payments and a 3-day PugetPass are planned for 2026, allowing more flexibility in how transit riders pay their fares. The last major updates to ORCA came in 2…