- <p>A taxi from SeaTac airport to <strong>Extraordinary Least
- Squares</strong> should cost $50-60 (with tip) and take about 30
- minutes — but might take <em>much</em> more with traffic. Mass
- transit requires one transfer, costs $2.75, and take about an
- hour.</p>
-
- <h3>Mass Transit Directions</h3>
-
- <p>At SeaTac airport, follow signs to ground transportation
- and to
- the <a href="http://www.soundtransit.org/rider-guide/link-light-rail">LINK
- light rail</a> which is located at the far left of the main
- terminal on the check-in level. At the light rail station,
- you can buy tickets
- and <a href="http://www.orcacard.com">ORCA cards</a> which
- are reusable on all Seattle-area mass transit. You can also
- buy a single-use paper ticket. If you buy an ORCA card, you
- will need to tap it on a yellow terminal both before you
- enter, and after you exit the train. The terminal at the airport station
- is before the ticket machines, so you will need to backtrack slightly
- to tap your card if you buy it at the airport.</p>
-
- <p>Take the LINK train until the <strong>University
- Street</strong> station which take 36 minutes and stop at 11
- stops. At University Street, you will need to change to a bus to
- Fremont. Note there is <strong>no cellular network</strong> in the
- University Street station, so you may want to get a copy of these
- directions before you arrive there.</p>
-
- <p>The LINK station is underground and the buses to Fremont
- travel on the street above. In the station, walk in the
- direction of the train and go up the stairs to the north
- platform. Follow signs for an exit onto 3<sup>rd</sup>
- Avenue and University which should be to the left if you are
- facing the direction of the train Avenue. You should exit
- onto the east side of 3<sup>rd</sup> Avenue, walk north
- (again, the same direction of the train)
- to <strong>3<sup>rd</sup> Avenue and Union Street</strong>
- (one block up) and look for a large bus stop with several
- shelters with the following buses numbers written on
- it: <strong>40, 26, 28</strong>. These buses all come down
- 3<sup>rd</sup> Avenue frequently and should arrive within
- 10-15 minutes at almost any time except between midnight and
- 5:00am. You can install the free software phone application
- or view the website
- for <a href="http://pugetsound.onebusaway.org/">OneBusAway</a>
- for real-time data on bus arrivals.</p>
-
- <p>Take any <strong>40, 26, or 28</strong> bus <strong>North
- to Fremont</strong>. Tapping your ORCA card at bus entrance
- will register a "transfer" from the LINK and you will not be
- charged for the bus. Stay on the bus for about 20 minutes to
- the stop at <strong>FREMONT AVE and N 34TH ST</strong> which
- will be displayed on a digital display on the ceiling at the
- front of the bus.</p>
-
- <p>Take a right after immediately exiting the bus and take a
- left when you come to the intersection (Fremont Ave &
- 34<sup>th</sup>). Walk down 34<sup>th</sup> (you should pass
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_the_Interurban">this
- sculpture of people waiting, usually dressed up</a>, on the
- other side of the street) as you walk toward, and then under, the
- enormous "Aurora" bridge and across Troll
- Avenue. <strong>Extraordinary Least Squares</strong> is in a
- building called <strong>St. James Tower</strong> on the
- left. </p>
-
- <p>The best way to get to our apartment is through the
- apartment's back door which means you will take a left on
- Troll Ave (up the hill) and then a right down the first
- alley you come to. You can follow the directions under
- "Visit Us" above. Call one of the proprietors when you have
- arrived outside.</p>
+ <p>The best bus to our house is the <a href="http://metro.kingcounty.gov/schedules/049/s0.html">49</a> which will arrive at either the
+ <a href="http://pugetsound.onebusaway.org/where/standard/schedule.action?id=1_11300">E Roanoke St & Broadway E</a> station if you are coming from downtown or Capitol Hill or across the street at the <a href="http://pugetsound.onebusaway.org/where/standard/schedule.action?id=1_10940">10th Ave E & E Roanoke St</a> station if you coming from the University District or north Seattle.</p>
+
+ <p>If you are coming from downtown Seattle, Capitol Hill, or the airport, the bus will drop you at the southwest corner of <strong>Roanoke Park</strong>. Walk back across the park opposite of the direction the bus was traveling when you dismounted along <strong>East Roanoke Street</strong>.</p>
+
+ <p>If you are coming from the University district or north Seattle, the bus will let you off on the east side of 10th avenue. In this case, walk back opposite to the direction that the bus was traveling when you dismounted toward the park across the street. When you cross the street and arrive at the park, you will turn and walk toward your right.</p>
+
+ <p>Once you come to the end of the park, you will cross <strong>10th Avenue</strong> and then cross cross <strong>East Roanoke</strong> itself as the road turns to the right. Walk past a small parking lot and park (<strong>Bagley Viewpoint</strong>) and then over a freeway overpass. As it crossed over the freeway, the road's name has changed to <strong>Delmar Drive East</strong> and our house will be on the right 480 meters (0.3 miles) from the bus stop.</p>
+
+ <p>When you arrive at the house, call one of the proprietors when you have arrived outside.</p>
+
+ <p>The nearest bus stop is <a href="http://pugetsound.onebusaway.org/where/standard/schedule.action?id=1_25640">Boyer Ave E & 14th Ave E</a> but this stop is served only the <a href="http://metro.kingcounty.gov/schedules/025/s0.html">25</a> which runs to the University District and Laurelhurst. Because the bus runs relatively infrequently and only on weekdays, it's will not likely be the best option.</p>
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